At least five people are dead after shootings caused chaos near Dunkirk, including at a migrant camp.
Two migrants at the Loon Plage camp near Dunkirk were shot dead.Migrants regularly set off to Britain on dinghies from the camp.The victims were reportedly of Kurdish origin.Two security guards guarding corporate premises near the camp were then shot dead.The shootings began when a businessman was shot dead about 10 miles inland from coastal Dunkirk at 4pm local time.
Read More: More than 20,000 migrants cross into Britain since Labour election victory as party blames Tories Read More: Planes with radars, sensors and high-tech cameras to patrol the Channel 24/7 to spot small boat migrantsPolice in northern France said a man claiming to be the gunman had turned themselves in at a police station nearby.Officials confirmed two security guards and two migrants were killed near Dunkirk - with a fifth person slain in Wormhout nearby.
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