A man who swore allegiance to the Islamic State terror group has murdered a French policeman outside his home in Paris.
Witnesses told investigators the man may have shouted "Allahu Akbar" as he stabbed the policeman in the suburb of Magnanville.
The attacker then held the 42-year-old policeman's wife and the couple's three-year-old son hostage inside the home.
Explosions were heard at the scene as heavily-armed police moved in following failed negotiations.
Officers discovered the body of the policeman's wife inside after storming the house.
The attacker was killed during the police operation, according to French interior ministry spokesman Pierre-Henry Brandet.
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