<sod >Beltrame was a qualified parachutist who served for a spell in Iraq in 2005 and also worked as part of the elite Republican Guard that protects the French president's Elysee Place offices and residence in Paris, Macron said.< eod>< sod > (pictured) was a qualified parachutist who served for a spell in Iraq in 2005 The public prosecutor of Paris, Francois Molins, spoke from Carcassonne highlighting the man's heroism.< eod>