The murder of two police officials by a man claiming allegiance to so-called Islamic State (IS) is "unquestionably a terrorist act", President Francois Hollande says.
A police commander and his partner, also a police official, were stabbed to death at their home near Paris. Their three-year-old son survived.
The attacker was killed in an police assault on the house.
He had previously spent time in jail over links to jihadist groups.
He had also been under recent police surveillance, including a wiretap, say media reports quoting police sources.
Two people linked to the man, named by French sources as Larossi Abballa, have been arrested and placed in custody.
Abballa, 25, was killed when police entered the couple's home in Magnanville at about midnight (22:00 GMT) on Monday, hours after he had posted a 13-minute video on Facebook Live in which he swore allegiance to IS.
In the video, he was shown considering what to do with their son, according to French jihad expert David Thomson, who watched it.
France has been under a state of emergency since the Paris attacks of 13 November 2015 in which 130 people died.
That state of emergency is still in place with France on high alert as it hosts the Euro championship, which started last Friday.
President Hollande said he and his 36-year-old partner, Jessica S, were "murdered in cowardly fashion".
"It's unquestionably a terrorist act," Mr Hollande said, stressing that France was still "facing a very significant terrorist threat".
Earlier, Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said more than 100 people seen as potential threats had been arrested in France this year, including in recent weeks.
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