Arnaud Beltrame: France bids farewell to hero cop killed by terrorist

French President Emmanuel Macron led a national ceremony honouring a heroic policeman who died offering himself as a hostage in a jihadist attack.

French Republican Guards and cadets from the joint-army military school carry the coffin of late Lt. Col. Arnaud Beltrame during a national ceremony for Beltrame at the Hotel des Invalides in Paris. | AP 

French President Emmanuel Macron, second left, his wife Brigitte, former French President Nicloas Sarkozy, second left, and Francois Hollande attend a ceremony for late Lt. Col. Arnaud Beltrame at the Hotel des Invalides in Paris. | AP

French Republican Guards and cadets from the joint-army military school carry the coffin of late Lt. Col. Arnaud Beltrame during a national ceremony for Beltrame at the Hotel des Invalides in Paris. | AP

Former French Presidents Francois Hollande, left, and Nicolas Sarkozy wait prior to a national ceremony for Lt. Col. Arnaud Beltrame at the Hotel des Invalides in Paris. | AP

French far-right leader Marine le Pen, second right, wait prior to a national ceremony for Lt. Col. Arnaud Beltrame at the Hotel des Invalides in Paris. | AP

Police officers escort for the coffin of late Lieutenant Colonel Arnaud Beltrame before a funeral procession outside the Pantheon in Paris. | AP

People applaud while the coffin of late Lieutenant Colonel Arnaud Beltrame leaves the Pantheon in Paris. | AP

French police on motorcycles escort the coffin of late Lieutenant Colonel Arnaud Beltrame during a funeral procession outside the Pantheon in Paris. | AP

A convoy of French Republican Guards escorting the coffin of late Lieutenant Colonel Arnaud Beltrame arrive at a national ceremony for Beltrame at the Hotel des Invalides in Paris. | AP

Lieutenant Colonel Arnaud Beltrame, the slain hero of last week's extremist attack in southern France. | AP