A manhunt is under way in south-west France for a heavily armed former soldier who opened fire on police.
Helicopters, dog teams and more than 200 officers are searching for the man around the town of Le Lardin-Saint-Lazare in the Dordogne region.
Reports say the unnamed man is around 30 years old, has a history of domestic violence, and is armed with a high-calibre weapon.
The local government has urged residents to stay indoors.
"The man went overnight to his ex-partner's home. A dispute took place there, which led to the intervention of gendarmes and that is when the suspect shot at them. He then fled to woods nearby," prefect of Dordogne Frédéric Périssat told BFM television.
Mr Périssat added that the man is within a four sq km (1.5 sq mile) "hilly, wooded area" cordoned off by police.
There was a guy in Belgium doing this recently too. He got a gun, said he was going to kill the head of coronavirus research or something like that, and set off to find and kill him. The guy was taken to a secret location and is now being guarded by police, I think.
