It may well be nothing, but at a time when focus on any potential terrorist activity is at an unprecedented high, it is worth noting that moments ago the AFP reported that French anti-terror police has surrounded a house used by a man who allegedly killed a policemen and then took hostages in the Paris suburb of Magnanville.
#BREAKING @AFP – Police source says man holed up in Paris suburb home with hostages after killing policeman
— Andrew Beatty (@AndrewBeatty) June 13, 2016
Le #RAID est sur place depuis plusieurs heures. #Magnanville http://pic.twitter.com/l1b1wUOwut
— Capu Patriote ? (@CapuPatriote) June 13, 2016
#Magnanville La rue où a été tué le policier a été évacuée, le quartier plongé dans le noir https://t.co/Oy40iVVEuz http://pic.twitter.com/iv64ilDkuJ
— BFMTV (@BFMTV) June 13, 2016
?YVELINES : Un commandant de police tué devant chez lui à Magnanville, prise d'otages, RAID sur place. |@sozDraken http://pic.twitter.com/x25Oq5qn40
— Infos Françaises (@InfosFrancaises) June 13, 2016
Arrive du raid http://pic.twitter.com/E77OLPFPmF
— f10 (@sozDraken) June 13, 2016
As BNO News adds, the French police have surrounded a residence in Magnanville, just outside of Paris, where a family is being held hostage after the killing of a police officer. Only few details were immediately available.
The incident began at around 8:30 p.m. local time on Monday when a man approached a police officer outside his house in Magnanville and killed him. The 45-year-old officer was attacked while returning home from work at about 9:00 p.m. local time, AFP reported, citing a source. According to RFI, the attacker then took the officer’s wife and son hostage in the home.
The ‘Elite Raid’ police officers were on the scene and a security perimeter was established, the report said.
A motive was not known but Reuters France reported: “Some neighbors believe hearing Islamist slogans proffered by the abuser.”
By 11:30 p.m., hostage negotiators had been able to make contact with the suspect, according to an interior ministry spokesman. He provided no details about a possible motive for the killing and hostage-taking, but the elite police unit RAID is at the scene.
The police officer who was killed was identified by local media as 40-year-old commander Jean-Baptiste Salvaing. It is believed the suspect may have been a neighbor of the victim.
Magnanville is located in Yvelines, about 50 kilometers (31 miles) northwest of Paris.
This is a developing story.
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