President Emmanuel Macron led national tributes on Wednesday to the gendarme who switched places with a woman hostage during an attack on a supermarket in southern France last week and was killed by the Islamist gunman

France honours gendarme who sacrificed his life in Islamist attack

Arnaud Beltrame, 45, was among a group of officers who rushed to the scene in the town of Trebes after the attacker, who claimed allegiance to the Islamic State group, stormed the store and fired on shoppers and staff before taking them hostage.

French police officer 'fighting for his life' after hostage swap

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France honours gendarme who sacrificed his life in Islamist attack

French police officer 'fighting for his life' after hostage swap