A man who swore allegiance to Islamic State filmed the murder of a senior policeman and his partner and posted it on Facebook, officials have said.
Police say Larossi Abballa repeatedly stabbed 42-year-old policeman Jean-Baptiste Salvaing outside his home in Magnanville, about 35 miles (55km) west of Paris.
He then took the policeman's partner hostage, together with the couple's three-year-old son.
The woman, who worked at a local police station, was also killed, and their son was "in shock but unharmed", a prosecutor said.
Abballa, 25, was killed during a three-hour police operation.
French officials said the attacker posted a 12-minute video of the killings on Facebook Live, the social media site's live feed. His account has been suspended.
One official says that at one point during the attack, Abballa puzzled over the fate of the couple's three-year-old child.
"I don't know what to do with him," he says in the footage, indicating the child sitting behind him on a couch.
The French prosecutor said Abballa attacker had a 'hit list' of VIPs, police and rappers.
Police have made two arrests in connection with the killings. Both people are said to be "linked" to Abballa, who was from the nearby suburb of Mantes-la-Jolie.
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