FUGITIVE CAUGHT AFTER DRAMATIC SHOOT-OUT WITH FRENCH POLICE

Police in southwest France on Monday detained a former soldier who fled into a forest after firing on security forces in an incident that sparked a massive manhunt, officials said. The government’s top official in the Dordogne region, Frederic Perissat, told a press conference in Le LardinSaint-Lazare that the suspect was shot and wounded after exchanging fire with police, and had been taken into custody.

His injuries are “serious”, said Andre Petillot, the head of the “gendarme” armed police for the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, who added that no officers had been wounded.

Authorities had released earlier on Monday a photo of the suspect, Terry Dupin, describing the bearded 29-year-old as a “dangerous individual”.