France pays tribute to hostage swap police hero

France pays tribute to hostage swap police hero

Tributes have been pouring in for a French police officer who died after offering himself up to an extremist gunman in exchange for a hostage during an attack on a supermarket. Lieutenant Colonel Arnaud Beltrame, 44, died from his injuries after the attacker shot him.
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