A forceful man with a clown mask and a sword shot by the police in Bidart, Basque Country

A man in possession of a sword, a revolver and his face camouflaged by a clown mask was killed by police officers on Tuesday night in Bidart, Basque Country, after taking hostage in a cheese factory.

A 54-year-old former soldier took the manager of a cheese factory in Bidart, Pyrénées-Atlantiques as a hostage before firing at the police and being neutralized on Tuesday night.

The suspect was wearing a clown mask and armed with a tree and a handgun when he broke into the cheese factory, says Bayonne's barquet.

A 54-year-old ex-military, native of Gironde, was shot this Tuesday in Bidarte after breaking into a cheese shop with a ...

A few hours after the hostage of the manager of a cheese factory in Bidart, and the elimination of the forced by the police, the prosecutor of the Republic of Bayonne detailed the operation this morning. Jérôme Bourrier stressed "the probable will to die" of the 54-year-old former soldier.

On Tuesday night, an armed man took a saleswoman hostage in a cheese factory in Bidart. The man, who pointed a gun to the police, was shot dead by the police. The police shot a man.