Toulouse: A policeman was shot and a man took hostages at a supermarket in two separate incidents in the same area of southwest France on Friday, security sources said. The policeman was shot in the town of Carcassonne, while a gunman fired shots during a hostage-taking Friday morning at a supermarket in the town of Trebes 15 minutes' drive away.
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Most of the employees and customers of the Super U managed to flee, a source said, according to AFP. The police officer was in contact with the gunman at the supermarket in the town of Trebes, near Carcassonne, the source added.
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According to sources, the man entered the supermarket at around 11.15 am and shots were heard.
