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French farmer gets eight years for killing suspected truffle thief

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Laurent Rambaud, 37, increasingly frustrated with a spate of thefts, shot dead a man he thought was a truffle thief and armed.

Witnesses contradict official account of 'Islamic terror attack' on French police station

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On December 20th, 20-year-old Bertrand Nzohabonayo was shot dead by police in Joué-lès-Tours, west-central France, after he reportedly attacked a police station wielding a knife with which he wounded three officers while shouting the phrase ‘god is great’ in Arabic “up until his last breath”, according to some media. The French interior minister hailed the “professionalism” and “level-headedness” of the officers involved, and an investigation into the events was immediately handed to anti-terrorist police. Burundian-born Nzohabonayo, a Muslim convert who had recently posted a photo of the flag of Islamic State on his Facebook page, has been widely presented as acting for the cause of Islamic extremism. But one week after his death, a quite different version of events has emerged. According to several witnesses, he was shot while using a knife to resist arrest outside the police station, where he was being brought for questioning over a fight involving one of the station's officers and two black youths. Yannick Sanchez reports.

Al-Hilli Alps murder may be 'perfect crime' says French prosecutor

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Eric Maillaud says that two years after shooting of British family in French Alps it will take a 'stroke of luck' to solve the case.

French to request US exhumation in al-Hilli murder case

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Move comes amid claims murdered British woman Iqbal Al-Hilli's 'secret' first husband may have been poisoned on same day as Alps shooting.

French engineer shot dead in Libya

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The 49 year-old man, who was working on the modernisation of a hospital in Benghazi, was shot three times by unidentified assailants.

Suspect in French Alps murders is an 'ex-policeman'

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The 48-year-old is said to be a quiet 'mountain man' and a gun enthusiast but authorities stress he has no direct link with any of the victims.

Man and woman die after shooting in Paris bar

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The young couple were shot at close range as they sat at a café terrace in a southern district of the capital, the gunman escaping.

Paris shootings suspect 'convicted of domestic violence in UK'

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Abdelhakim Dekhar was sentenced in UK to wear an electronic bracelet for assaulting his partner, according to French media reports.

Paris gunman suspect placed under investigation

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Abdelhakim Dekhar, 48, has been placed under investigation for attempted murder and kidnapping after attacks on media offices and a bank HQ.

Police find Paris gunman's DNA, issue clearer photo of suspect

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Police searching a lone gunman who raided two media offices, leaving one man seriously wounded, issue full-face photo of the suspect. 

'Fans' rally for French jeweller who shot thief dead

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President Hollande drawn into high-profile case which has seen many suporters backing actions of a man who could face life in prison for murder.

French debate boundaries of reasonable self-defence after deadly jewellery heist

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A million people on Facebook have backed Nice jeweller who is now under investigation for murder after shooting dead teenager who robbed him.

Media analyst convicted over France 2 Palestinian boy footage

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The expert was found guilty of defamation after accusing state television network of staging video depicting boy being killed in Gaza.

French detectives seek vehicle in Alps murder investigation

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Officers release image of dark-coloured 4x4 they want to trace in connection with murder last September of engineer Saad al-Hilli and three others.

French detectives seek vehicle in Alps murder investigation

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Officers release image of dark-coloured 4x4 they want to trace in connection with murder of engineer Saad al-Hilli and three others in September.