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At least three people were killed after a gunman fired shots and took hostages at a supermarket in Trebes, southern France on Friday, according to authorities.
Sixteen other people were wounded, including two who were seriously hurt, in the attack.
The gunman, a 25-year-old man named Radouane Lakdim, had convictions for carrying a banned weapon and drug use. He has been shot dead by police.
Lakdim first killed one person with a bullet in the head while stealing a car in Carcassonne, a walled city with a medieval citadel that is one of France's top tourist attractions.
He pulled up in the car to four police officers who were jogging in the city and opened fire, hitting one in the shoulder, then sped off to Trebes, about 8 km (5 miles) to the east, where he took hostages in the supermarket.
Police are seen at the scene of a hostage situation in a supermarket in Trebes, Aude, France, March 23, 2018.
It is reported he had asked for the release of Salah Abdeslam, the only surviving member of the 10 men responsible for the 2015 terror attacks across Paris, including the one at the Bataclan nightclub, that killed 130, according to Paris prosecutor Francois Molins, who is leading the investigation.
French President Emmanuel Macron said the incident was believed to be a terrorist attack and "a threat to all of our security."
Major terror attacks in France
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1 Oct 2017 - Two women stabbed to death at Marseille railway station; attack claimed by IS
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26 Jul 2016 - Two attackers slit a priest's throat at his church in Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray, Normandy. They are shot dead by police
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14 Jul 2016 - A huge lorry mows down a crowd of people on the Nice beachfront during Bastille Day celebrations, killing 86. IS claims the attack - by a Tunisian-born driver, later shot dead by police
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13 Jun 2016 - A police officer and his partner are stabbed to death at home by a jihadist, in Magnanville, west of Paris. He declares allegiance to IS, and police later kill him
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13 Nov 2015 - IS jihadists armed with bombs and assault rifles attack Paris, targeting the national stadium, cafes and Bataclan concert hall. The co-ordinated assault leaves 130 people dead, and more than 350 wounded
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7-9 Jan 2015 - Two Islamist gunmen storm the Paris offices of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, killing 17 people. Another Islamist militant kills a policewoman the next day and takes hostages at a Jewish supermarket in Paris. Four hostages are killed before police shoot the gunman dead. The other two gunmen are cornered and killed by police in a siege.
(CGTN)
