The Counter-Terrorism Directorate announced that it was investigating the ongoing hostage-taking in a supermarket in the city of Treb (Ode) by a man who professes allegiance to the Islamic State organization.
According to the first data of the investigation, the man "entered the Super U supermarket around 11:15 and shots were heard", according to a source close to the file. The gendarmerie clarified that one or two people were shot. Earlier, a CRS member was wounded in a shooting in Carcassonne, about 10 miles (XNUMX km) from Treb.
Trump Mayor Eric Menassi said there were two victims (not dead) in the supermarket. The mayor of the city, quoted by Reuters, said that the perpetrator is alone with a police officer in the supermarket, all other hostages have been released.
He also told LCI television that the man entered the store shouting "Allahu Akbar (God is the greatest), I will kill you all." Home Secretary Gerard Colomb is rushing to the area.
"Everything shows that this is a terrorist act," said French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe, who is visiting the city of Mulhouse, referring to a hostage-taking incident at a supermarket in the city of Trump.
He said a police officer was injured but his life was not in danger. He refused to give a final account. He said the case is not over.
Local media report that the request of the gunman is the release of the man who shed blood in Paris, orchestrating in November 2015 the attacks on the stadium where the French national team played, as well as on the entertainment center 'Bataclan'.