Paris (CNN) A man suspected of killing three police officers in central France has been found dead, the country's Interior Minister has said. Three gendarmes were shot dead and a fourth injured after they responded to a domestic violence incident in Puy-de-Dôme, west of Lyon, in the early hours of Wednesday. On Wednesday morning, Minister of the Interior Gérald Darmanin tweeted that "the madman was found dead." CNN affiliate BFM TV reported the police officers were fatally shot by a 48-year-old man as they tried to rescue a woman who had taken refuge on the roof of a house. The house was set alight but the woman was rescued, BFM reported.

Source: CNN December 23, 2020 06:40 UTC