Police find no evidence ISIS ordered French attack

France on Sunday held a tribute Mass for a police officer who died after volunteering to take the place of a hostage in a terror attack that killed three others Friday. The attacker, identified as 25-year-old Morocco-born Radouane Lakdim, first killed the owner of a car he hijacked in the town of Carcassonne. He traded shots with riot police before taking hostages at a supermarket in Trèbes. Lt. Col. Arnaud Beltrame died after sustaining injuries when police officials ended the standoff in a shootout with Lakdim. “It is better that one man dies for the people, so that the nation doesn’t perish,” said Alain Planet, bishop of Carcassonne and Narbonne. French police who responded to the attack found three homemade explosive devices, a handgun, and a hunting knife inside the supermarket with the attacker. A search of his home in Carcassonne uncovered notes that referred to Islamic State (ISIS), as well as a computer and a telephone. Officials continue to detain and question two people close to Lakdim. Following the attack, ISIS militants said the attacker responded to its call to target countries involved in the U.S.-led coalition battling the militants in Iraq and Syria. But investigators have not found any evidence ISIS coordinated the attack.