Images from Austria where a suspected poacher shot dead three policemen and a paramedic, then barricaded himself in his
farmhouse where a charred body believed to be that of the gunman was later found by officers, police and media said.

Police said the suspect, 55, first shot dead a police officer late on Monday after breaking through a roadblock in the province of Lower Austria near Vienna, where authorities were trying to catch poachers, or hunters shooting deer without a license.

He then killed a paramedic and wounded another policeman hurrying to the scene.