ETA

A French policeman has been shot dead near Paris after his patrol was fired upon by suspected Basque separatists. If confirmed, it would be the first killing of a French policeman by Eta.

Police officer Jean-Serge Nérin and his colleagues stopped a speeding car stolen from a BMW garage in the east Paris suburb of Dammarie-les-Lys. A police witness said at least one of the men spoke Basque.