28 Mar 2024
Wednesday 13 June 2018 - 10:22
Story Code : 308635

Tehran aids Paris in hostage situation

MNA Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ghasemi said Iranian embassy in Paris assisted and cooperated with the French government to resolve the hostage situation that occurred last night.


A 26-year-old man of Moroccan nationality took at least two people hostage in a ground-floor office in central Paris last night. The hostage standoff lasted for four hours before police moved in and arrested the armed suspect. The two hostages were freed, and were safe and sound, according to Frances interior minister Gerard Collomb.

According to a police union official, Yves Lefebvre, the hostage-taker reportedly asked to speak to the Iranian ambassador. However, a motive for the demand was not established.

While the hostage situation was taking place, Spokesman for Irans Foreign Ministry, Bahram Ghasemi, said the Iranian Embassy in Paris stood ready to help considering the importance of peoples lives and the human aspects of the issue.

The suspect is being investigated on multiple counts, including kidnapping and sequestration, attempted homicide and violence with a weapon, a judicial official said.

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