Biarritz is a city on the Bay of Biscay, on the Atlantic coast in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the French Basque Country in southwestern France. It is located 35 kilometres from the border with Spain. From Wikipedia
A 54-year-old man with PTSD was killed by police in Bidart, France, after taking a shopkeeper hostage and firing at officers with a replica firearm.