A gunman who took six people hostage at a bank in the French city of Le Havre surrendered to police yesterday after reportedly making a series of demands relating to Israel.
The man, 34, entered a local branch of the French bank BRED in the centre of the city in Normandy at around 4.45pm and surrendered shortly before 11pm.
None of the hostages, who included both staff and customers, were injured during the six-hour siege, and French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin said that all were “free, safe and sound”.
The elite anti-terror unit of the French police, RAID, arrived at the scene in a helicopter shortly after 7pm and opened negotiations with the hostage-taker.