terrorist who live-streamed killing a French police commander and his wife in front of their child also intended to kill celebrities, rappers and journalists
- Jean-Baptiste Salvaing, 42, and his wife were killed at his home in Magnanville, west of Paris
- Larossi Abballa, 25, live streamed part of the attack on Facebook Live
- Police commandos shot dead Abballa and found the couple's three-year-old boy alive but bewildered
- Hours later the Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the murders
- Abballa was sentenced in 2013 for taking part in a jihadist organisation
- Police later found a hit list of six people - including 'rappers, journalists, police officers and public figures' on his computer
- Threeo other people, with links to Abballa, were arrested on Tuesday morning
An ISIS militant murdered a police commander and his wife at their home near Paris before being shot dead by officers who rescued the couple's three-year-old boy unharmed.
Police later raided 25-year-old Larossi Abballa's home and found a hit list on his computer which contained six names.
Prosecutor Francois Molins said they includes 'rappers, journalists, police officers and public personalities'.
Abballa recorded the attack and live streamed it on Facebook Live.
At one point he said: 'I don't know what I'm going to do with the boy' and he also ranted on social media about the Euro 2016 football championships ending up as a 'cemetery'.
The killer was named in the French press as 25-year-old Larossi Abballa (pictured), who grew up in Mantes-la-Jolie and had a criminal record dating back to 2011
Abballa stabbed Jean-Baptiste Salvaing, 42, nine times in the stomach at his home in Magnanville, in the Yvelines department, north west of Paris, shortly after 8.30pm on Monday.
After a three-hour stand-off elite Raid commandos entered the building, where they killed Abballa.
Inside the house, they found the lifeless body of Mr Salvaing's wife, who was an administrator who worked for the police force in Mantes-la-Jolie.
The only survivor was the couple's three-year-old son, who was 'extremely shocked but otherwise unharmed'.
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Heavily armed police commandos at the scene, where Abballa was gunned down after killing Jean-Baptiste Salvaing and his wife
Abballa, pictured here on Twitter, ranted about the Euro 2016 tournament being turned into a 'cemetery'
The couple's young son was 'in shock but unharmed,' a prosecutor added, saying he was receiving medical attention.
Mr Molins said Abballa pledged his allegiance to ISIS three weeks ago and appeared to be following a recent order from ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi 'to kill miscreants at home with their families' during Ramadan.
Three men - 'linked to' Abballa - were arrested on Tuesday morning. They were described as 'acquaintances' and are aged 27, 29 and 44.
It also emerged today the knifeman was part of a recent investigation into a Syrian jihadist network.
French security expert David Thomson said Abballa posted gruesome images of the murdered couple on the internet.
A 12-minute video and 15 photographs appeared on Abballa's Facebook page, along with his justifications for what he had done.
Abballa's Facebook profile, under the name Mohamed Ali, was suspended in the early hours of this morning.
Mr Thomson told a Paris radio station that at one point Abballa could be seen sitting on the sofa with the child behind him.
Abballa wrote: 'I still don't know what I'm going to do with him.'
A French police officer lays flowers outside the house in Magnanville where two of his colleagues were murdered by an ISIS supporter
A French flag flies half-mast outside the police station in Les Mureaux, where a French police commander who was killed in nearby Magnanville, worked
Police officers stand guard at a security perimeter near the house in Magnanville where the killings took place
One of his most recent Facebook posts was a mock-up of the European Championship logo, which he claimed contained masonic and occult symbols.
Abballa was born in Mantes-la-Jolie, a suburb close to the scene of the killings.
He had criminal convictions for theft and violence dating back to 2011.
Abballa earned a living as a restaurant delivery man and used the moniker Doctor Food.
Mr Thomson said he frequently used social media to call for the murders of police, prison officers and journalists, often by name.
A policeman has been stabbed to death outside his Paris home by an attacker who also murdered the officer's wife. Emergency services are pictured at the scene
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Abballa, pictured, was a restaurant deliveryman who used the name Doctor Food on social media
Abballa had also been sentenced in 2013 for taking part in a jihadist organisation with links to Pakistan.
He was sentenced to three years behind bars, six months of which were suspended for 'criminal association with the aim of preparing terrorist acts' following a trial with seven other defendants.
Despite this, he only spent a few months in prison, and is thought to have maintained his links with a group sending jihadists to fight in Afghanistan.
It has also been revealed Abballa had previously claimed allegiance to ISIS and sources say he did so again while talking to officers during the siege.
The terror group's al-Amaq news agency said the attacker was an 'Islamic State fighter' and claimed responsibility for the killings.
Witnesses told investigators the man may have shouted 'Allahu akbar' (God is greatest) as he stabbed the policeman repeatedly.
President Francois Hollande held a top-level security meeting to discuss the 'appalling terrorist act' which took place as France was on high alert for the Euro 2016 football championships.
He said: 'France is not the only country concerned as we have seen, again, in the United States, in Orlando.'
Mr Salvaing was an assistant chief with the judicial police at nearby Les Mureaux.
The killing came a day after a gunman claiming to be acting in the name of ISIS shot dead 49 people at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, in the worst mass shooting in US history.
Yves Lefebvre of police union Unite SGP Police-FO said: 'Today every police officer is a target.'
He said terrorists were getting more 'professional' and were able to track down police officers to their homes.
Witnesses told investigators the man may have shouted 'Allahu akbar' (God is greatest) as he stabbed the policeman repeatedly
The bloodshed also comes as France hosts the Euro 2016 football tournament under tight security, still reeling from jihadist attacks in Paris last November that left 130 people dead.
Loud detonations were heard at the scene as RAID officers moved in following failed negotiations with the attacker.
Officers found the woman's body when they stormed the building, and the attacker was killed during the assault.
Mr Molins said inside the house police found three mobile phones and three knives, including one which was covered in blood.
Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve expressed his 'infinite sadness' at the death of the police commander and his partner, who had worked for his ministry.
'The attacker was neutralised by RAID forces, who showed great composure and great professionalism and who saved the couple's little boy,' Cazeneuve said in a statement.
'The inquiry opened by the justice authorities will establish the precise circumstances of this tragedy.'
Police sources said earlier in the evening that the attacker had taken the policeman's partner, who worked as a police secretary, and son hostage after stabbing the officer to death as he returned home around 9pm.
All light will be shed on the circumstances of this terrible tragedy
President Francois Hollande
Residents were evacuated from the neighbourhood as police moved in.
RAID officers 'arrived rapidly on the scene. Negotiations were launched and an assault plan was put in place,' said Brandet.
But the negotiations were 'unsuccessful' and authorities decided to launch an assault around midnight, he added.
A helicopter was on the ground a few hundred metres away from the scene of the attack, while several fire trucks and ambulances were seen leaving the security perimeter.
President Hollande said in a statement that he 'strongly condemned this odious act'.
'A police commander and his partner, a civil servant at the interior ministry, were shamefully murdered this evening,' Hollande said.
'All light will be shed on the circumstances of this terrible tragedy,' he added.
A French special forces RAID vehicle leaves after the incident at a house in Magnanville, 45kms west of Paris
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