Memorial mass in France for heroic officer, other victims
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A shaken town in southern France is holding a special church service to honor the heroic police officer and three others killed in a rampage by an Islamic extremist.
The bishop of the nearby medieval city of Carcassonne, Alain Planet, is leading Sunday's mass at the Saint-Etienne-de-Trebes church in the town of Trebes.
Residents have been laying flowers in front of the Trebes supermarket where the attacker seized hostages Friday.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The director of the national gendarme service is meeting Sunday in Carcassonne with the widow of Lt. Col. Arnaud Beltrame, who swapped himself with a hostage and was killed.
French President Emmanuel Macron has also ordered a national memorial for Beltrame.
Attacker Radouane Lakdim was killed when police stormed the building. Two people remain in custody in the investigation.