One dead in armed attack on wedding in France

“It was during a wedding,” said a police source. “At quarter past one in the morning, a group of people went outside to smoke in front of the hall and then three heavily armed men came and opened fire in their direction.”

The attackers arrived in an off-road vehicle, “probably a BMW,” the source said.

It was initially unclear where the vehicle came from. Thionville is close to the border with Luxembourg and Germany.