Two feared dead in ISIS linked terror attack in France

March 23, 2018 17:49

A gunman claiming allegiance to the Islamic State group fired shots and took hostages at a supermarket in southwestern France on Friday, says French media.

The latest reports say at least two people were feared dead in an incident French prosecutors are treating as a terror attack.

Security forces responded to two separate incidents, one at a supermarket in the town of Trbes and the second, a 15-minute drive away, in the town of Carcassonne where a policeman was shot. It was still unclear if the two incidents were linked.

French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe described the ongoing incident as a "serious situation" while Interior Minister Gerard Collomb announced he was heading immediately to Trbes.

Image: First visual of the site of the terror attack. Pic courtesy: ANI

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