A 22-year-old French woman was shot and killed in the western city of Rennes during an anti-drug operation on Wednesday, while a man was shot dead by police in the Mediterranean city of Nice following suspicious behaviour at the wheel of a vehicle, reports RFI.
Police authorities said the man killed in Nice was driving a stolen vehicle and refused to obey an order to stop.
An officer used a service weapon to fire a single shot at the driver, while a passenger in the vehicle was detained.
In a separate incident in Rennes, a woman aged 22 was killed and a man, 26, was wounded when police opened fire while making an arrest during an anti-drugs operation.
Meanwhile in Paris, a police officer shot and seriously wounded a man who reportedly threatened him with a broken bottle overnight Tuesday near the Eiffel Tower, a police source said.