French mourn and hunt for accomplices after police attacked

A French police officer lays flowers while paying tribute to his colleagues killed in a knife attack near their home in Magnanville, west of Paris, France, Tuesday, June 14, 2016. French President Francois Hollande says that the stabbing attack that left two police officials dead was "incontestably a terrorist act." (AP Photo/Thibault Camus) A French police officer lays flowers while paying tribute to his colleagues killed in a knife attack near their home in Magnanville, west of Paris, France, Tuesday, June 14, 2016. French President Francois Hollande says that the stabbing attack that left two police officials dead was "incontestably a terrorist act." (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

By Associated Press June 15, 2016 2 min read

PARIS (AP) – France’s president and prime minister warned on Wednesday that the world faces a long war to defeat terrorism.

President Francois Hollande and Prime Minister Manuel Valls spoke following the death of two police officials killed by an Islamic State extremist. Anti-terrorism investigators are questioning three suspects and are seeking to determine whether the attacker was working with a larger network.

The attack revived French concerns about the IS threat after the group targeted Paris last year. It continues to warn of attacks, and French authorities are on especially high alert around the European Championship soccer tournament taking place across the country through July 10.

Fighting terrorism is “a long war to wage not just in a few countries but in the whole world, everyone can be concerned,” President Francois Hollande said in a speech at the Elysee Palace.

“I said we were at war, that this war will take a generation, that it will be long,” Prime Minister Manuel Valls said on France Inter radio.