All hostages are freed after a botched robbery in northern France

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All hostages are freed after a botched robbery in northern France



ROUBAIX: -- A hostage taking incident in the northern French town of Roubaix appears to be over.

Police have reported one gunman as dead and another arrested. All hostages have been freed.

At first there were fears the incident was linked to a terrorist attack but police quickly ruled that out. It now seems to have been a robbery in which a bank manager and his family were victims of a botched kidnapping by a group of armed men.


-- (c) Copyright Euronews 2015-11-25

[F4UCorsair]

Well done police! There should be more sieges ended by shooting first....send in the marksmen as the first line of attack, no negotiations, no soft c**k approach, just shoot.

[steven100]

seems the french are getting in the news alot lately for all the wrong reasons ................

they make excellent pastries .....

[TheKnave]

seems the french are getting in the news alot lately for all the wrong reasons ................

they make excellent pastries .....

Nice postcards, too...in their day...

[steven100]

Any chance of naming the 'armed men'?

..or is it too much to ask?...

mohamad abdulah abdul & alawi ahmed mohamed ....... ???????