It took place on land occupied by travellers behind a police station.
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The circumstances and motive for the killings have not yet been established, police sources said.
The shooting took place on Tuesday at a Roma camp in France’s Roye commune, the prefecture reports.
But police sources told The Telegraph that the shooting is a criminal matter not linked to terrorism.
The U.K.’s Mirror and the French newspaper Le Courrier Picard reported that one of those killed was a child. Four people are severely injured, including another child and the gunman himself. France’s state prosecutor traveled immediately to the site of the shootout.
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Two officers were wounded, one critically, in the ensuing gun battle and the wounded attacker was detained.
