An armed man holds two women in a business in the 12th arrondissement, Monday, December 20, according to a police source.
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A hostage-taking is in progress, this Monday, December 20, in a business in the 12th arrondissement, east of Paris. Two women are kidnapped by a man in his fifties with a knife, according to a police source. The Research and Intervention Brigade (BRI) is on site. An investigation was opened by the Paris prosecutor’s office to “sequestration”. The investigations were entrusted to the Service d’Accueil et d’Investigation de Proximité (SAIP).
The man is known for psychological disorders, adds the same source. According to franceinfo information, the terrorist trail is ruled out at this stage. According to franceinfo information, the terrorist trail is ruled out at this stage. He told the BRI negotiators, to explain his action, to have been poisoned by his doctor.
The hostage taker asked to speak to the Minister of Justice, Eric Dupond-Moretti and Sylvie Noachovitch, lawyer specializing in family law and criminal law and defender of Omar Raddad; Franceinfo learned from a source close to the case.
“The Minister of Justice told the negotiators that he was at their disposal”, tells franceinfo the Chancellery. According to information from franceinfo, Sylvie Noachovitch, has been put in touch with the hostage taker. The man explained to him that he wanted to be defended by her, as well as by the Minister of Justice and former lawyer Eric Dupond-Moretti.
Emmanuel Grégoire, Anne Hidalgo’s first deputy at the mayor of Paris, confirms this hostage-taking. He said he was going there and asked to avoid the area and to follow the instructions of the police headquarters. A security perimeter has been put in place.