Three arrested in France following ISIS-related killing
On 14 June, three men were detained after a French police officer and his partner were killed in their Paris home. The attack, which took place on 13 June, saw the attacker stab the pair and take their young son hostage. He was later rescued unharmed while the attacker was killed during the operation. The man, Larossi Abballa, had been sentenced in 2013 over links to a jihadist network, and ISIS later claimed to have incited Abballa to carry out his last attack. President François Hollande described the killings as “unquestionably a terrorist act”. Little information has been given about the subsequent detentions beyond the fact that they are related to the current investigation.

FRANCE

French police have detained three men in connection with an investigation into the deadly stabbing of a French police officer and his companion at their home in a suburb of Paris on Monday evening in an attack claimed by the Islamic State group.

Thomas Samson, AFP | French police block access to the street in Magnanville where a man claiming allegiance to the Islamic State group killed a policeman and his companion on the night of June 13

Advertising Read more

A man who claimed allegiance to the Islamic State (IS) group stabbed French police commander Jean-Baptiste Salvaing, 42, and his 35-year-old companion, Jessica Schneider, to death on Monday night before he was killed in a dramatic police operation. The attacker also took the couple’s 3-year-old son hostage, who was rescued by police unharmed, but in a state of shock.

French President François Hollande said Tuesday the murders in the western Paris suburb of Magnanville western suburb of Paris were "unquestionably a terrorist act" and he convened an emergency cabinet meeting.



Paris Prosecutor François Molins identified the suspect as 25-year-old Larossi Abballa, confirming earlier reports that he had been sentenced in 2013 for links to a jihadist network that sent recruits to Pakistan. He said that three men had been detained in connection with an investigation into the murders.

A news agency linked to the IS group said the attack had been carried out by an “Islamic State fighter”, days after posting a similar claim following the massacre at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida.

The bloodshed comes as France hosts the Euro 2016 football tournament under tight security, and is still under a state of emergency proclaimed in the wake of the November 13 terrorist attacks that killed 130 people in and around Paris.

To follow the day’s events as they unfolded, read our live blog below.

Click here to view the liveblog on your smartphone or tablet.

Daily newsletterReceive essential international news every morning Subscribe