French special forces at the scene of the killings in Magnanville, west of Paris.

Two people were taken into custody Tuesday as part of an enquiry into the double jihadist murder of a French policeman and his partner, a police source said.

They are "linked to" the assailant, Larossi Abballa, who was shot dead in a police raid after he stabbed the policeman and his partner to death in a Paris suburb late Monday, the source said.