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| Gunmen on run after holding up a Primark store near Paris | |
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| A group of gunmen broke into a Primark store near Paris on Monday, trapping 18 people inside for hours before fleeing and prompting a manhunt. | A group of gunmen broke into a Primark store near Paris on Monday, trapping 18 people inside for hours before fleeing and prompting a manhunt. |
| All 18 people were safely evacuated from the store in a shopping centre in the town of Villeneuve-la-Garenne, according to a regional police official. She said police were now pursuing the assailants. | All 18 people were safely evacuated from the store in a shopping centre in the town of Villeneuve-la-Garenne, according to a regional police official. She said police were now pursuing the assailants. |
| At 7am one of the employees sent a text message to a friend saying “we are being held hostage by two armed men”. Police stopped all traffic in the area around the Qwartz mall where the Primark store is located and special forces were dispatched to the scene. | At 7am one of the employees sent a text message to a friend saying “we are being held hostage by two armed men”. Police stopped all traffic in the area around the Qwartz mall where the Primark store is located and special forces were dispatched to the scene. |
| Television images showed helmeted elite police officers entering through a side door of the shopping centre. Police said the shopping centre and surrounding area were closed to the public because of the security operation. | Television images showed helmeted elite police officers entering through a side door of the shopping centre. Police said the shopping centre and surrounding area were closed to the public because of the security operation. |
| The store is in a shopping centre adjacent to the river Seine about six miles north of central Paris. | The store is in a shopping centre adjacent to the river Seine about six miles north of central Paris. |
| There was no immediate sign of a political or other motive. The Paris region remains on high alert for terrorist activity after attacks on the offices of Charlie Hebdo magazine and a kosher supermarket in January left 20 people dead including the attackers. | There was no immediate sign of a political or other motive. The Paris region remains on high alert for terrorist activity after attacks on the offices of Charlie Hebdo magazine and a kosher supermarket in January left 20 people dead including the attackers. |