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Parent taken hostage at French school: police
The parent of a pupil was taken hostage at a French school in a Paris suburb on Tuesday but no children were involved and elite police have been dispatched to the scene, police said. The incident in Vitry started at around 0500 GMT and no contact has yet been made…
Gunman kills 4, commits suicide while resisting eviction
A gunman killed four hostages in southwestern Germany Wednesday before presumably shooting himself while resisting eviction from his apartment building, police said. Police said they found five dead bodies in the apartment in the city of Karlsruhe after storming it when they smelled something burning, about three hours after the…
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