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(CNN)A police officer who swapped places with a female hostage during a supermarket attack in France has died.
"Lt. Col. Arnaud Beltrame died serving the nation to which he had already given so much to," French President Emmanuel Macron said. He hailed him as a hero.
The gunman shot Beltrame when he responded to Friday's supermarket attack in the southern city of Trèbes.
Interior Minister Gerard Collomb announced the officer's death Saturday, which raises the number of people killed to four.
"France will never forget his heroism, his bravery, his sacrifice," Collomb tweeted.
The attacker killed two people and wounded more than a dozen others when he raided the supermarket. Before that, he'd killed one other person while stealing a car.
https://edition.cnn.com/2018/03/24/europe/france-trebes-officer-dead/index.html
"Lt. Col. Arnaud Beltrame died serving the nation to which he had already given so much to," French President Emmanuel Macron said. He hailed him as a hero.
The gunman shot Beltrame when he responded to Friday's supermarket attack in the southern city of Trèbes.
Interior Minister Gerard Collomb announced the officer's death Saturday, which raises the number of people killed to four.
"France will never forget his heroism, his bravery, his sacrifice," Collomb tweeted.
The attacker killed two people and wounded more than a dozen others when he raided the supermarket. Before that, he'd killed one other person while stealing a car.
https://edition.cnn.com/2018/03/24/europe/france-trebes-officer-dead/index.html