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A 56-year-old man, known to have mental disorders, is the author of a stabbing hostage-taking in a hardware store in the 12th arrondissement of Paris, Monday, December 20. One of the two hostages at been released.
After a six-hour ordeal on Monday, December 20 in Paris, a hostage was released, but another is still in the hands of the hostage taker. This is a 56-year-old man who, around 3:30 p.m., entered a hardware store on rue d’Aligre in the 12th arrondissement of Paris. Two women are then taken hostage. Quickly, the BRI arrived on the scene and began negotiations. Discussions are still ongoing, reports Monday evening Yann Haefele, special correspondent of France Télévisions on site.
The hostage taker is known to have mental health problems and made inconsistent comments. Lhe madman claims to have been poisoned by his doctor. He asked to speak with a lawyer and Eric Dupont-Moretti. Lhe Minister of Justice has stated that he was available to negotiators. The terrorist trail is dismissed. An investigation for forcible confinement has been opened.