A “drug addict” and suicidal man, armed with a knife and who had holed up for three hours with employees in his parents’ pizzeria in Issy-les-Moulineaux, was arrested, and his hostages released. The four Employees of this pizzeria located a few meters from the Paris ring road were released by the police shortly before 4 p.m., a police source told AFP “The intervention is over”, there is “no action”. injured,” said this source.
This man “with a drug addict profile” according to a source close to the case, had locked himself in his parents’ restaurant, located a few meters from the Paris ring road, shortly before 1 p.m. According to the police source, he had already “committed similar acts” at his home in 2022 “with threat of suicide”. There were neither “customers nor the public” in the restaurant with him. Shortly after the arrival of the police, an AFPTV journalist saw the parents of the entrenched man, two visibly upset sixty-year-olds, hand them the keys to the restaurant. Personnel of the BRI (Research and Intervention Brigade, elite unit of the. Parisian police) were quickly deployed on site, including a mediator, “hired because of the person concerned’s desire to commit suicide”, indicated the police source.
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A repeat offender with a “drug addict” and suicidal profile”
The hostage taker is a man “with a drug addiction profile” according to a source close to the case. He had locked himself in his parents’ restaurant, located a few meters from the Paris ring road in Issy-les-Moulineaux. According to the police source, he had already “committed similar acts” at home in 2022 “with the threat of suicide”.
“The intervention is over”, there are “no injuries”
A man, armed with a knife and who had holed up for three hours with employees in his parents’ pizzeria in Issy-les-Moulineaux, was arrested. “The intervention is over”, there are “no injuries”, said a police source.
The four hostages released, the entrenched man arrested
The four people held hostage since 1 p.m. in a pizzeria in Issy-les-Moulineaux by a man armed with a knife were released around 4 p.m., a police source told AFP, specifying that the man held hostage had been arrested. The intervention took place without incident, there were no injuries, this source said.
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At least three people are held hostage
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The madman is not known to justice
Man threatens to commit suicide
It is for this reason that the BRI was called in for reinforcement, specifies a police source.
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The madman is holed up in his father’s restaurant
Four people are held hostage
The madman holds four people hostage in the establishment. There is no public or customers in the restaurant.
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Numerous police vehicles on site
Numerous police cars and armed, helmeted law enforcement officers blocked the streets and established a security perimeter in the neighborhood.
AFP
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Several people are being held hostage, say Paris firefighters
A hostage taking is underway in a restaurant
A hostage taking has been underway in a restaurant in Issy-les-Moulineaux (Hauts-de-Seine) since 1 p.m., this Saturday, November 16, 2024. The restaurant is located not far from the Paris ring road.
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