A gunman has been arrested and two hostages were released after a siege at a Post Office in a suburb of Paris.
The man said to be armed with a Kalashnikov and grenades had allegedly taken two people hostage in Colombes, north-west of the French capital, at around midday on Friday.
The incident is not believed to have been terror-related and there is not thought to have been a link with last week's terror attacks in Paris.
Agence France-Presse reported the hostages were taken at the Aragon Post Office in the suburb just before noon.
The agency quoted a source saying there is "absolutely no basis" to suggest the siege is linked to last week's terror attacks.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">Je ne sais pas encore ce que c'est mais on parle d'un braquage ou d'une prise d'otages à la Poste de <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Colombes?src=hash" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-114211-https://twitter.com/hashtag/Colombes?src=hash" data-vars-event-id="c23">#Colombes</a> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://www.awin1.com/awclick.php?mid=9&id=222025&p=http://t.co/uV3ywMibuI" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-114211-http://t.co/uV3ywMibuI" data-vars-event-id="c23">pic.twitter.com/uV3ywMibuI</a>— Dario Spagnolo (@dariospagnolo) <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/dariospagnolo/status/556059260577394688" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-114211-https://twitter.com/dariospagnolo/status/556059260577394688" data-vars-event-id="c23">January 16, 2015</a>
The man was reportedly known to police and had contacted them.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">Tout est bouclé à Colombes... Et moi aussi! <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/colombes?src=hash" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-114211-https://twitter.com/hashtag/colombes?src=hash" data-vars-event-id="c23">#colombes</a> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/prisedotage?src=hash" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-114211-https://twitter.com/hashtag/prisedotage?src=hash" data-vars-event-id="c23">#prisedotage</a> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://www.awin1.com/awclick.php?mid=9&id=222025&p=http://t.co/Ielg0EdyXX" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-114211-http://t.co/Ielg0EdyXX" data-vars-event-id="c23">pic.twitter.com/Ielg0EdyXX</a>— Julien Peschard (@JulienPeschard) <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/JulienPeschard/status/556065574288384000" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-114211-https://twitter.com/JulienPeschard/status/556065574288384000" data-vars-event-id="c23">January 16, 2015</a>
Colombes is in the Hauts-de-Seine department of Paris.
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