TNN, France :An armed man was holed up in a post office outside Paris on Friday with two hostages, police said, though there is no known link with last week’s jihadist attacks.Police cordoned off the area in Colombes, a city northwest of Paris, and a helicopter was flying overhead. Pictures posted online show dozens of police vehicles surrounding the building in Colombes, around seven miles from the centre of the French capital.French newspapers Le Figaro and Le Monde reported that a man equipped with a military weapon had taken an unconfirmed number of hostages at the post office in the town of Colombes.BFM TV said two people were being held hostage and that the incident was not deemed terrorist-related. This comes only days after armed gunmen rushed into the office of Charlie Hebdo, a French satirical weekly, and opened fire, killing 12 people.
