Headlines - French jihadist police killer 'obeyed Islamic State order'

French jihadist police killer 'obeyed Islamic State order'

The man who killed a French police couple at their home near Paris was acting on an order from so-called Islamic State (IS) to "kill infidels", officials say.

Larossi Abballa, who was killed in a shootout with police, was loyal to IS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, they said.

A police commander and his partner were stabbed to death at their home. Their three-year-old son survived.

Jean-Baptiste Salvaing (R) and Jessica Schneider: Victims of an IS-inspired stabbing (pic:AFP)

IS has put out a video showing Abballa confessing to the killings.

The 11-minute video, on the IS news agency Amaq, apparently shows him in the home of the couple before police stormed in.

In it Abballa, 25, urged Muslims in France to target police officers, prison guards, journalists, politicians and mayors. He named several prominent French journalists.

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