An ISIS attacker murdered a police commander and his wife at their home near Paris before being shot dead by officers during a dramatic raid that saw a child hostage rescued.
Jean-Baptiste Salvaing, 42, suffered nine stomach wounds at a private address is Magnanville, in the Yvelines department, north of Paris, shortly after 8.30pm.
Explosions were heard towards midnight as elite Raid commandos entered the building, where they killed the attacker who had taken the officer’s family hostage.