Paris Post-office hostage drama [Resolved]

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Where is our resident Frenchman now?

Developing story.

Only source I could find now quickly:
News24

Paris – Another hostage drama is reportedly unfolding at a Paris post office, the Daily Mail has reported.

According to reports a gunman armed with a Kalashnikov and grenades has taken a number of people hostage in a Paris suburb.

The Telegraph reported that the hostage-taker, who is known by police, had contacted them himself.

The area around the post office has be cornered off and police have surrounded the area.

The latest attack comes less than a week after two gunmen took four people hostage in a kosher butcher in France.

eNCA tweeted that hostage-taking is terror-related and said there were now five people held in at the post office.



UPDATE: Suspect in Colombes hostage situation claims he is armed with Kalashnikov rifle and grenades http://t.co/QonTdgoBiR #Paris

— Daily Express (@Daily_Express) January 16, 2015

Another hostage situation at a post office in #Paris: Reports http://t.co/vsOyMGU8ME pic.twitter.com/3LIxEnU1u9
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Police sources said the suspect is armed with a Kalashnikov rifle and negotiations with the assailant are expected to start soon.

It is not clear if the incident is linked to the Paris shootings last week that left 20 people, including three gunman dead.

The hostage situation is unfolding at a post office in Colombes, a northwest suburb of Paris.

The gunman reportedly took people captive when he rushed into the post office armed with the weapon at around 12:00 GMT.

It is not clear if the latest incident is related to the Paris terror attacks which gripped the French capital last week.

A police source told French media that the hostage-taker appeared to be "unbalanced" and was speaking of "heartbreak".

They added that currently there was "absolutely no basis to establish a connection with the events of the past week."

French media claim the gunman is known to police as a petty crime suspect.

The perimeter around the post office has been secured and a helicopter has been deployed to the area.

The hostage situation is taking around 10 miles away from the Charlie Hebdo offices, where 12 people were massacred by terrorists on Wednesday 7 January.

The incident comes after 12 people were arrested overnight in Paris in relation to last week's terror attacks.

The suspects detained by police were questioned over "possible logistical support" they gave to gunmen in last week's attacks.

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Une prise d'otage est en cours dans un bureau de poste à Colombes dans les Hauts-de Seine, vendredi 16 janvier, selon la police. Elle a débuté peu avant 13 heures. Un homme s'est retranché dans les locaux, avec « une arme de guerre », a dit l'une de ces sources à l'Agence France-Presse. Deux personnes seraient retenues, indiquent des sources policières.
En savoir plus sur http://www.lemonde.fr/societe/artic...olombes_4557900_3224.html#Cq7bvUvKxvlMbZq8.99
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Hauts-de-Seine, so just outside Paris.

Started just before 13:00

One gunman, two hostages being held.
 
A police source told French media that the hostage-taker appeared to be "unbalanced" and was speaking of "heartbreak".
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Did Isis* break his heart?




*Could be an actual chick named Isis
 
A hostage taking is under way in a post office in Colombes, a suburb of northwest Paris.

According to police, an armed man is currently detaining two hostages, but they insisted there was no link to terrorism.

The man is known by the authorities, and had contacted the police himself, they said. Police are in communication with the man, trying to talk him into giving up the hostages.

According to local Socialist MP Alexis Bachelay, the man was carrying out an "armed robbery".

The man, known to police for previous criminal offences, phoned emergency services claiming he was "heavily armed with grenades and a kalachnikov", AFP reported.

Newspapers Le Figaro and Le Monde reported that the man was equipped with a military weapon.

"He phoned number 17 [the French emergency number] saying rambling things," a source said, adding that no shots had been fired.

The man is reportedly "mentally unstable and acted after failed relationship," according to France Info.

Witnesses said he entered the post office at 12.30pm local time and some customers were able to escape. He is now inside with two hostages.

The area around the post office has been sealed and access to Colombes via the A86 has been blocked by police.

A helicopter was seen flying overhead.

The incident is taking place at the Aragon post office on the avenue du Général De Gaulle in Colombes, in the Hauts-de-Seine department northwest of Paris.
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/wor...stages-taken-in-Paris-suburb-post-office.html
 
Looks like this is going to happen more and more in France now... People taking hostages due to the coverage the Kosher store guy got.
 
Pitbull said:
Looks like this is going to happen more and more in France now... People taking hostages due to the coverage the Kosher store guy got.
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They've always been doing it, you just hear about it more now. Random lunatics have always been taking hostages.
 
TJ99 said:
They've always been doing it, you just hear about it more now. Random lunatics have always been taking hostages.
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True, maybe we're more receptacle to reading and hearing about it now since the other ones. Makes it flavour of the month if you will :D
 
Where's the outrage from all the heartbroken men? Their silence can only mean they support it.
 
The_Assimilator said:
The fact that a mentally unstable person can get hold of an assault rifle and grenades is deeply worrying.
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I'd just like to know how they are getting those weapons in France. I'd expect that in the States or an Eastern European state.
 
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