Honours for terror attack hero policeman: Mourners gather in Paris to pay last respects

French President Emmanuel Macron,left, walks towards the coffin of Lieutenant-colonel Arnaud Beltrame, draped with the national flag, during a national ceremony at the Hotel des Invalides in Paris.

The premier joined officials and service personal to pay tribute to the policeman, who died after offering himself as a substitute hostage during a terrorist attack on 23 March.

The 44-year-old, who died from his wounds after being shot while being used as a human shield, became the fourth and final victim of the shooting spree by Islamists in the southwestern towns of Carcassonne and Trebes.