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1 Dead in Southern France Hostage Situation

by Associated Press

   PARIS --

   At least one person is believed to have been killed Friday after a
   gunman claiming allegiance to the Islamic State militant group fired
   shots in a supermarket during an apparent hostage situation in the
   southwestern French town of Trebes.

   "We unfortunately presume one person has been killed, but we cannot
   bring a doctor on site to check," said regional police chief
   Jean-valery Letterman.

   Prime Minister Edouard Philippe said investigators are treating the
   situation as a terrorist act.

   National police said law enforcement authorities had surrounded the
   suspect at the supermarket and may have taken hostages.