France shooting suspect found dead after three police officers killed

Man opened fire on gendarmes attending domestic violence incident in village south of Clermont-Ferrand

A man suspected of killing three gendarmes who were responding to a domestic violence incident in the Puy-de-Dome region of central France has been found dead, the French interior minister has said.

Tonight, the gendarmerie has lost three of its own," Gerald Darmanin tweeted. The nation bows before their courage and devotion." He added that the body of the presumed killer had been found and that he was on his way to the scene.