Roye shooting: Four dead at traveller camp in France

The shootings took place near the town of Roye, approximately 110km north of Paris.

Gendarmes block a road near the camp in Roye (Getty) The suspect also seriously wounded a three-year-old child before he was shot and injured by police as he was arrested.

Three bodies and one wounded person were found among members of the camp.

“Once again the security forces have demonstrated their courage”, the interior minister, Bernard Cazeneuve, said.

The incident occurred at 4.30pm on Tuesday afternoon and a man, woman a six-month-old baby, and a policeman are thought to have been killed.

The injured were taken by helicopter to a local hospital.

One of two police who were fired upon by the attacker died of his injuries.

The motives for the shooting are unknown but it comes just days after a man opened fire on a train in France. Numerous troops are reported on their way to the site of the shooting.