UA hostage taking is underway this Saturday, November 16 at the start of the afternoon in Issy-les-Moulineaux, in the Paris suburbs. The owner of a restaurant has taken refuge in his establishment, where he has several employees, indicated the Paris firefighters (BSPP).
A major security system was deployed around the restaurant, located a few steps from the Paris ring road, journalists on site noted. The police are surrounding the area, but the exact number of hostages remains uncertain, as does the presence of weapons. According to a police source, the man, armed with a knife, is in his father’s restaurant and is holding “three or four employees”. No customers or members of the public are in the establishment.
��Incident in progress in our restaurant in #IssylesMoulineaux.
Please let the security and emergency forces work. pic.twitter.com/JAi7Dr3rmO
— Pizzeria L’Olivier (@OlivierPizzeria) https://twitter.com/OlivierPizzeria/status/1857785078534783078?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
Unknown to justice services
The events began just before 1 p.m., and a mediator from the research and intervention brigade (BRI) intervened due to the individual’s apparent desire to commit suicide. The man is not known to the justice services. The authorities asked the population not to disrupt the intervention and the police headquarters asked to let the security and emergency forces work.
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