That report says two dead and one brain-dead; this one (which omits the suspect’s name, tellingly) says three (perhaps they include the brain-dead one, which makes more sense than separating out); I heard four on a YouTube show.
Regardless, this happening after weeks of protests by the ‘gilets jaunes’, as the Guardian story noted, I wouldn’t be surprised if a ‘state of emergency’ is used as a pretext to move against them.
My hope is that the Yellow Vests add irritation over lack of national security, and concerns over immigration, to their tax and economic protests. Make the connections: the welfare state looking after millions of unassimilable immigrants who hate Westerners puts an undue economic burden on ordinary Frenchmen…
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