A man weilding a knife has taken multiple people hostage at a pizza restaurant in Paris.
Emergency services currently remain at the scene as the area has been locked down. The knifeman is said to be holding the employees of Pizza L’Olivier restaurant in Issy-les-Moulineaux hostage.
Police sources have reportedly said that at least four people have been taken hostage. As reported in the Mirror, the source said: “He is retaining three or four employees, but there are no “customers or public.”
The motive of the attacker is currently unclear.
A press release from the restaurant’s management said: “A hostage situation is currently taking place in our restaurant in Issy-les-Moulineaux. Four people are being held inside by a man who is expressing suicidal thoughts (…). We would like to inform you that there are no customers among the hostages, only employees.”
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