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Showing posts with label #police. Show all posts
Showing posts with label #police. Show all posts

Saturday, January 17, 2015

France warns citizens in riot-hit Niger to stay indoors

Niamey: France`s embassy in Niger warned French citizens to stay indoors Saturday as violent
protests against publication of a Prophet Mohammed cartoon by the French weekly Charlie Hebdo spread in the capital Niamey.

"Be very cautious, avoid going out," the embassy said on its website. Rioters torched churches, threw rocks at police and also ransacked several French-linked businesses, including telephone kiosks run by Orange.

Friday, January 16, 2015

Gunman arrested after Paris post office drama, hostages escaped unharmed

Paris: An armed man has been arrested after he took two hostages in a post office in the suburbs of
Paris. The hostages escaped unharmed, and police say attack was not terror-related.

The man was arrested after 2.30pm on Friday, following a hostage drama that lasted several hours in a post office in Colombes.