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| Primark workers trapped inside Paris shop after 'robbery goes wrong' | |
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| Three gunmen with sawn-off shotguns are reportedly holding up to 18 shop workers hostage in a Primark discount store in a Paris suburb. | |
| The elite police unit, RAID, has deployed around the store in a shopping centre at Villeneuve-la-Garenne, near the La Defense office district just west of Paris. | |
| After initial reports said 10 men were being held, police sources have now confirmed up to 18 people are inside the store in what appears to have been a failed robbery attempt. | |
| They said that it remains unclear if the gunmen are still present or had managed to flee. | |
| A deliveryman said he had seen people fleeing the Qwartz shopping centre through a loading bay. “Everyone was panicking and shouting ‘they’re armed, they’re armed. Get out of here',” he said. | |
| BREAKING: Gunmen hold up store near #Paris with some 10 people - media citing police http://t.co/BQ8WQYD6lC pic.twitter.com/mPN9UDtGfH | |
| Le Parisien reported that one of the trio had been identified as an employee of the store. | |
| A police spokesman said: "This incident appears to have started as an attempted armed robbery". | A police spokesman said: "This incident appears to have started as an attempted armed robbery". |
| The three gunmen entered the store belonging to the Irish-owned Primark group at 6.30am, two hours before the shop was due to open. Ten employees are believed to have been in the shop at that time. | The three gunmen entered the store belonging to the Irish-owned Primark group at 6.30am, two hours before the shop was due to open. Ten employees are believed to have been in the shop at that time. |
| One of the shop-workers in the Primark shop, in the Quartz shopping centre, raised the alarm about the robbery and hostage-taking by sending a text to a friend, BFM TV reported. | One of the shop-workers in the Primark shop, in the Quartz shopping centre, raised the alarm about the robbery and hostage-taking by sending a text to a friend, BFM TV reported. |
| Police have added that although 10 staff are unaccounted for, they cannot confirm whether all have been taken hostage. | Police have added that although 10 staff are unaccounted for, they cannot confirm whether all have been taken hostage. |
| This article will be updated shortly | This article will be updated shortly |