TOULOUSE - A man claiming allegiance to al-Qaeda took four people hostage in Toulouse

TOULOUSE - Un homme se réclamant d'Al-Qaïda prend quatre personnes en otages à Toulouse

GOOGLE TRAD:
TOULOUSE - A man claiming allegiance to al-Qaeda has selected four people hostage Wednesday in Toulouse, in a bank, a few hundred meters from where Mohamed Merah was killed three months ago.

According to police sources, the man, who demand the presence of RAID, fired a shot and taken hostage four people, including the head of the agency's bank CIC, located avenue Camille Pujol.

This busy shopping street nearby the city center is about 500 m from the apartment where Mohamed Merah was gunned Raid, March 22.

There would be no injuries, said a police officer. It is impossible at this stage to assess the seriousness of the claims. "The most likely hypothesis is that this guy is crazy, what does not make it less dangerous," said a source close to the deal.

"A device is being put in place to engage in dialogue," said the prosecutor of Toulouse, Michel Valet, joined on site. He declined to say more.

Advocacy groups for the National Police (GIPN) of Bordeaux and Marseille were on their way to Toulouse.

[link to www.20minutes.fr]