French police officer who swapped places with hostage dies
A lieutenant-colonel who volunteered to take the place of a hostage after a French supermarket was stormed by a gunman has been hailed as a hero.https://twitter.com/i/moments/977199772720353281 …
Le lieutenant-colonel Arnaud Beltrame nous a quittés.
Mort pour la patrie.
Jamais la France n’oubliera son héroïsme, sa bravoure, son sacrifice.
Le coeur lourd, j’adresse le soutien du pays tout entier à sa famille, ses proches et ses compagnons de la @Gendarmerie de l’Aude.pic.twitter.com/I1h8eO7f9a
The French interior minister confirms this morning that the police officer who swapped himself for a hostage in a #Trèbes terror attack, has died. Lieutenant Colonel Arnaud #Beltrame has been described as a hero who sacrificed himself to save others.https://twitter.com/gerardcollomb/status/977405502740205568 …
Tragically, heroic French gendarme Arnaud Beltrame has died from his wounds. He was shot after voluntarily taking place of female hostage in #Trèbes attack. Thanks to his bravery, others were saved. His was the fourth death from rampage by gunman claiming allegiance to IS.
So sorry to hear exceptionally brave French Police Officer Arnaud Beltrame has died after swapping himself with a hostage taken by a terrorist in Trebes yesterday. This time in France, next time who knows. Our Police run towards danger we run from and we should never forget thatpic.twitter.com/S393pwZEJc
During Friday's supermarket standoff, the assailant "let all the hostages go, except one woman he kept as a human shield. A police officer, Arnaud Beltrame -- widely praised as a hero -- offered to take her place." https://cbsn.ws/2pzVpaL pic.twitter.com/sjPm2Td6OV
A gunman who took hostages in a supermarket in Trèbes, France, has been shot by police. https://twitter.com/i/moments/977136359763783680 …