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| Hostage-takers at French church near Rouen are killed | |
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| Two armed men who took hostages at a church near Rouen in northern France are dead and one hostage has been killed, police and media have said. | |
| The hostage-takers were reported to have been holding between four and six people at the church in Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray. | |
| A priest and two nuns, as well as churchgoers, were among those held, local media said. | |
| France 3 television said a number of shots had been heard. | |
| Police and the emergency services are at the scene. The area has been cordoned off and police have been telling people to stay away. | |
| French TV said Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve was on his way to the town to be briefed by police. | |
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