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| Paris Primark robbery: Three gunmen 'with sawn-off shotguns' on the run after 18 people escape botched hold-up | Paris Primark robbery: Three gunmen 'with sawn-off shotguns' on the run after 18 people escape botched hold-up |
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| Eighteen shop workers have escaped unharmed after being held hostage for four hours by three gunmen brandishing sawn-off shotguns in a Primark store near Paris. | Eighteen shop workers have escaped unharmed after being held hostage for four hours by three gunmen brandishing sawn-off shotguns in a Primark store near Paris. |
| The incident, which is thought to have been a botched robbery attempt, began at around 6.30am when three men entered the store, one of 169 shops in the Qwartz shopping centre beside the river Seine in Villeneuve-la-Garenne, just west of Paris. | The incident, which is thought to have been a botched robbery attempt, began at around 6.30am when three men entered the store, one of 169 shops in the Qwartz shopping centre beside the river Seine in Villeneuve-la-Garenne, just west of Paris. |
| Police said the 18 shop-workers – not all of them Primark employees – are believed to have taken refuge in the centre's staff canteen. | Police said the 18 shop-workers – not all of them Primark employees – are believed to have taken refuge in the centre's staff canteen. |
| After surrounding the centre for several hours, police from the elite RAID unit were contacted by text by one of the shop-workers and told that the three attackers appeared to have left the sceme. | After surrounding the centre for several hours, police from the elite RAID unit were contacted by text by one of the shop-workers and told that the three attackers appeared to have left the sceme. |
| Officers then entered the scene and found that the three gunmen, of whom one is thought to be an employee of the store, had fled. | Officers then entered the scene and found that the three gunmen, of whom one is thought to be an employee of the store, had fled. |
| A police spokesman said that the incident was being treated as a robbery attempt and there was no indication of any political or terrorist motive. | A police spokesman said that the incident was being treated as a robbery attempt and there was no indication of any political or terrorist motive. |
| A deliveryman said he had seen people fleeing the shopping centre through a loading bay. “Everyone was panicking and shouting ‘they’re armed, they’re armed. Get out of here',” he said. | A deliveryman said he had seen people fleeing the shopping centre through a loading bay. “Everyone was panicking and shouting ‘they’re armed, they’re armed. Get out of here',” he said. |
| One of the shop-workers in the Primark shop raised the alarm about the robbery and hostage-taking by sending a text to a friend, BFM TV reported. | |
| This article will be updated shortly | This article will be updated shortly |