The man who detained employees in his parents' restaurant in Issy-les-Moulineaux was arrested this Saturday afternoon, according to information from BFM TV, confirmed by AFP. The four hostages were released.
The individual armed with a knife, “addict» et «suicidal», according to a source close to the matter, had locked himself in this restaurant located a few dozen meters from the Paris ring road, southwest of the capital, just before 1:00 p.m.
A “will of suicide”
He kept “three or four employees”, but neither “clientele nor public», Specified the source. A mediator from the BRI (Research and Intervention Brigade, elite unit of the Paris police) was “committed, due to the person concerned's desire to commit suicide».
He is not known to the courts.
An important security perimeter
A large police force surrounded the restaurant, a pizzeria, AFP journalists noted.
On AFPTV images, we can see numerous police vehicles and armed, helmeted law enforcement officers blocking the streets and establishing a security perimeter in the neighborhood.
