Children taken hostage in French pre-school

PARIS – A 17-year-old armed with swords took about 20 small children and their teacher hostage Monday at a pre-school in eastern France, police and city officials said.

Fourteen of the children were later released, but six remain inside the school in the city of Besancon, said a police official. An official with city hall said they were in the Charles Fourier pre-school. The officials were not authorized to be named according to office policy.

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