French police capture fugitive ex-soldier after huge manhunt

Suspect is shot and wounded after exchanging fire with police in the Dordogne region

Police in south-west France have detained a former soldier who fled into a forest after firing on security forces in an incident that sparked a huge manhunt.

The government's most senior official in the Dordogne region, Frederic Perissat, told a press conference in Le Lardin-Saint-Lazare that the suspect was shot and wounded after exchanging fire with police, and had been taken into custody.