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Three police officers were fatally shot on Wednesday morning after responding to a domestic violence call in central France, according to multiple reports.
The incident took place at a house in a remote village near Saint-Just, 300 miles south-east of Paris. A woman, the alleged victim of the domestic violence, sought refugee on the roof of the home and called police for help, NBC News reported.
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The house reportedly caught fire but the woman was rescued. Three of the officers that responded to the scene were killed by a gunman, while a fourth was injured but did not sustain life-threatening wounds, according to CNN.