UPDATE: The attacker is detained, all the hostages are released as a result of the police operation.
A hostage situation has erupted in the the 10th district of Paris where an armed man is holding several people hostage. Police and the Special Forces are deployed in the area.
Here is the location of the hostage taking in the 10th Arrondissement of Paris, france. (Photo: @francebleu) pic.twitter.com/DFJ8CPfTCI
— BreakingNNow (@BreakingNNow) 12 June 2018
According to initial reports, two or three people were taken hostage. Later, one of the hostages was released, accordng to media reports.
“The man claims to be in possession of a bomb and a handgun,” France Bleu reported adding that the attacker to speak with Iranian embassy.
Paris : prise d’otages en cours rue des Petites écuries, le périmètre est bouclé https://t.co/3q1R9xFEqU pic.twitter.com/5FKYkWlCKS
— France Bleu (@francebleu) 12 June 2018
Opération de police dans le #10eme arrondissement de #Paris où un homme retient des #otages pic.twitter.com/OkNVaYWDCB
— Xenia__Sputnik (@XseniaSputnik) 12 June 2018
Un homme armé retranché rue des petites écuries. Tout le secteur est bouclé. pic.twitter.com/dOkglDAEKA
— MatMichal (@MatMichal) 12 June 2018
Peut être une prise d’otage rue des petites écuries.#bri sur place pompiers samu pic.twitter.com/5y4NWtyNSn
— olivier benkemoun (@obenkemoun) 12 June 2018
calm down, it is over!
nobody died.
Iranian – my arse.
Could be. Lots of Iranian exiles in the West. Some of whom dream to overthrow the Mullahs and who aren’t hesitant at all to resort to terrorism. Plenty of terrorist attacks happen inside Iran thanks to these guys.
Maybe Barba, but it all seems a little too well organised and as for the timing – well !!!?.
We human beings excel at pattern recognition. We had too in order to survive in prehistoric days. Being able to recognize the tiny tell tales that could make the difference between having a full belly because you found food and going hungry because you couldn’t kept us alive. Unfortunately in today’s world it also tricks us into thinking there is a pattern when there isn’t one.