The latest Paris hostage crisis ended without
bloodshed today after a gunman who claimed he
had a Kalashnikov and grenades surrendered to
police.
In a sign of the increasingly tense atmosphere in
the city, the alarm was raised just before 1pm,
with reports of a 'terrorist incident' in Colombes.
Dozens of armed officers trained their weapons
on a post office where the man had reportedly
taken people hostage.
But it turned out to be a 31-year-old 'depressed
and unstable' local man on medication who had
'romantic problems'.
Dramatic pictures show the suspect holding his
hands in the air after emerging from the post
office as armed police point their weapons at
him.
He is made to kneel on the ground as officers
move in to handcuff him, all the time aiming
their guns at his head. The hostages escaped
unharmed.
See photos from the scene below:
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