Paris hostage crisis ends; gunman arrested, hostages freed

An armed man has taken several hostages at a post office northwest of Paris, French media reported.

An armed man who earlier took several hostages at a post office northwest of Paris on Friday has surrendered with no one hurt, a French police official told Reuters.

#BREAKING Paris post office gunman arrested, hostages freed: police

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The man equipped with a military weapon took an unconfirmed number of hostages at the post office in the town of Colombes, just outside the capital.

“I cannot confirm or deny whether it is linked to terrorism,” an official at the city prosecutor’s office told Reuters earlier, declining to give further details.

#UPDATE Gunman holds two hostage in French post office: Police http://t.co/UKA2XJzcRy

— Agence France-Presse (@AFP) January 16, 2015

BFM TV, citing an unidentified source, said the hostage drama was not related to last week’s attacks in Paris.

French police arrested 12 people earlier on Friday suspected of helping militant Islamist gunmen in last week’s killings in Paris. There have been numerous false alerts across the city since the attacks.

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