Gunman armed with Kalashnikov takes hostages at post office near Paris

Update: The hostage taker has handed himself in & nobody was injured!!!

Several people have been taken hostage by an unknown gunman at a post office in Colombes, a northwest suburb of Paris, French media reported.

The gunman is armed with a Kalashnikov rifle, a gun and numerous grenades, French RTL radio reports. He may be holding from two to five people hostage, say police sources.

The hostages were seized at about 12:00 GMT when a man rushed into the post office with a weapon.

Negotiations with the assailant have started. Reports emerge that an unknown number of hostages has been released, but it remains unclear how many people are still inside.

Gunman armed with Kalashnikov takes hostages at post office near Paris

Another Muslim?


Different circumstances?


False Flag?


Bit too early to tell...imo





If it is a Muslim they're keeping quiet about it.



Not good in any case, hopefully this ends well, and as quickly as possible!




An Official Told Reuters...

"I cannot confirm or deny whether it is linked to terrorism," the official said declining to give further details

The hostage-taker “is disappointed in love”, local prefecture told Liberation newspaper, adding that the hostage taker is a customer “who lost his head” and speaks of “heartbreak.”

source

Seems to be a broken heart... hopefully it will end peacefully.

From the article.

The hostage-taker “is disappointed in love”, local prefecture told Liberation newspaper, adding that the hostage taker is a customer “who lost his head” and speaks of “heartbreak.”

The gunman is known to police as a petty crime suspect.

I guess bad timing.

"I cannot confirm or deny whether it is linked to terrorism,"

...eh? Last I checked, anyone with more than one computer in their home was suspect of being 'linked to terrorism'

The name colombes should worry most people.

a reply to: CharlieSpeirs

Apparently it may just be a broken heart!

WTH, another one?

Well, this isn't going to be a boring day that's for sure. I hope everybody makes it out OK.

Let's see what happens.

~Tenth

Bet it comes out he got the weapons from the same guy that turned himself in for supplying weapons for the other attacks in Paris......

Those french men and their romance.

originally posted by: kloejen

The hostage-taker “is disappointed in love”, local prefecture told Liberation newspaper, adding that the hostage taker is a customer “who lost his head” and speaks of “heartbreak.”

source

Seems to be a crushed heart... hopefully it will end peacefully.

He must be a Non-Muslim with a crushed heart terrorizing hostages with his AK47, but not a terrorist.

What if he IS a muslim, his name IS Ahmed bin al-Whatever, but it REALLY IS a case of a broken heart?

a reply to: Mr Headshot

Just wondering why you would say this? And oh yeah a jilted lover goes into a post office with this much ammo?

Seems to be over The man has been arrested after giving himself up to the police,

www.telegraph.co.uk...

The 31 year old paris gunman has given himself up without violence. He is said to be unstable and have incoherent speech

a reply to: whatnext21

Maybe he really loved her THAT much, who knows

a reply to: whatnext21

Maybe he really loved her THAT much, who knows

Hmm.. possibly trying to keep quiet that the new cartoon stirred up more # and attempting to work out a plausible cover story to deflect and place blame elsewhere rather than where it belongs ..

That news report in the link already says he handed himself in. It's in the first paragraph.

I'm sure they'll be asking lots of questions as to where he got that weaponry though.

Glad nobody got hurt.

CX.

I can see terrorists getting hold of hand grenades and full auto AK-47's, but some petty thief schmuck who got dumped? Methinks there is something more to the story.

a reply to: CX

Yeah they've updated the article in the last 10-15 minutes originally it was the snippet.

a reply to: CharlieSpeirs

Another Muslim?

False Flag?

If it is a Muslim they're keeping quiet about it.

It could be an flaming unicorn anarchist for all we know, but your speculation is duly noted.