{"id":133997,"date":"2015-07-13T12:54:04","date_gmt":"2015-07-13T12:54:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=133997"},"modified":"2015-07-13T12:54:04","modified_gmt":"2015-07-13T12:54:04","slug":"special-forces-officers-free-18-hostages-from-primark-store","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=133997","title":{"rendered":"Special forces officers free 18 hostages from Primark store\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><span id=\"ext-gen71\">Police are have evacuated 18 people from a shopping mall near Paris this morning following a standoff with a group of hostage-taking gunmen.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><span id=\"ext-gen72\">Two or three gunmen stormed the Primark store in Villeneuve-la-Garenne this morning in an attempt to rob it, police said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">While the hostages have now been freed, a manhunt is underway to catch the gunmen after they fled the scene.<\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\u00a0They entered the shop soon after 6am as employees arrived for work in the Paris suburb just north of the city.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><span id=\"ext-gen75\">&#8216;Around 6:30 am, two or three armed criminals went into the Primark store for what we think was initially an attempt at armed robbery,&#8217; a police source said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"ext-gen74\" class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The Primark store is in the Qwartz shopping centre, which was shut down this morning, along with all roads leading towards it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><span id=\"ext-gen76\">A staff member managed to raise the alarm by text messaging her boyfriend telling him she was being held hostage.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Another police source confirmed officers from Paris&#8217; anti-terrorist squad were on the scene.\u00a0There was thought to be a mixture of shop workers, cleaners and other staff inside the store.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">There are no reports of any injuries, said the police source.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">A supply worker told Le Parisien he saw people fleeing the mall in a panic.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">He said: &#8216;Everyone was running and screaming &#8220;they are armed, they are armed, we must get out&#8221;.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Officers at the scene said they were initially treating the incident as a \u2018suspected armed robbery attempt\u2019 but terrorism could not be ruled out.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The Paris region remains on high alert for terrorist activity after Islamic extremists attacked a kosher supermarket and satirical newspaper offices in January, leaving 20 people dead including the attackers.<\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\u00a0&#8211;<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">Source: Daily Mail<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police are have evacuated 18 people from a shopping mall near Paris this morning following a standoff with a group of hostage-taking gunmen. Two or three gunmen stormed the Primark store in Villeneuve-la-Garenne this morning in an attempt to rob it, police said. 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