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French police undertake initial investigations at the shop where a knife-wielding man held two women hostage in the capital's 12th arrondissement. Following long negotiations led by the Research and Intervention Brigade (BRI) the man released the mother unharmed, shortly before 10 pm before being arrested the following morning after releasing the second hostage, the daughter unharmed, after 8 am. IMAGES
A man who threatened police officers with a knife has been shot and killed in the business district of La Défense, near Paris, authorities said. IMAGES
Dozens of police officers converged in an area of central Paris on Tuesday in response to a "hostage taking" situation by an armed man, police sources said. IMAGES
Paris police have shot dead a knife-wielding man wearing a fake suicide belt who tried to enter a police station shouting "Allahu Akbar" (God is Great). The incident occurred as Parisians were rembering those killed in the Charlie Hebdo attacks one year ago. Nathan Frandino reports.
Police block a street in Aubervilliers, a Paris suburb, where a young man died after the scooter he was riding collided with a police car. A parked van also bears marks from the violent impact.. IMAGES
The Paris demonstration for women's rights and gender equality is marred by jostling between pro-Palestinian and pro-Israel activists. IMAGES