(AFP-The Local-France) Three people were killed and 5 injured on Friday in a shooting spree and hostage siege in southern France by Redouane Lakdim, 25, a French-Moroccan national, who claimed allegiance to the Islamic State. Security forces killed the gunman after he carried out three separate attacks in Carcassonne and Trebes. "Our country has suffered an Islamist terrorist attack," said President Emmanuel Macron. A witness reported that the assailant was armed with knives, a gun and grenades and shouted "Allahu Akbar" before going into a supermarket. According to reports, the gunman had demanded the release of Salah Abdeslam, the only surviving suspect of the 2015 Paris attacks, who is in jail in France.
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