France Hostage Situation
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Priest Killed In French Church Before Police Shoot Dead Hostage-Takers
Two attackers killed a priest with a blade and seriously wounded another hostage in a church in northern France on Tuesday before being shot dead by French police.
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Man Surrenders After Taking Hostages in South of France
A gunman took two women hostage in a jewellery store in the southern French city of Montpellier on Friday before giving himself up, officials said, adding the incident had no link to the Islamist violence around Paris.
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Hostage Taken North of Paris During Manhunt for Newspaper Killings
French anti-terrorist police surrounded a small northern town and helicopters hovered overhead after at least one person was taken hostage in a print works by two men believed to have carried out an attack on a Paris satirical journal.
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Priest Killed In French Church Before Police Shoot Dead Hostage-Takers
Two attackers killed a priest with a blade and seriously wounded another hostage in a church in northern France on Tuesday before being shot dead by French police.
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Man Surrenders After Taking Hostages in South of France
A gunman took two women hostage in a jewellery store in the southern French city of Montpellier on Friday before giving himself up, officials said, adding the incident had no link to the Islamist violence around Paris.
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Hostage Taken North of Paris During Manhunt for Newspaper Killings
French anti-terrorist police surrounded a small northern town and helicopters hovered overhead after at least one person was taken hostage in a print works by two men believed to have carried out an attack on a Paris satirical journal.
