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Urgent: Man holds hostages in supermarket in southwest France -- report

Xinhua,March 23, 2018 Adjust font size:

PARIS, March 23 (Xinhua) -- An unidentified man has taken hostages in a supermarket in France's southern department of Aude, local media reported on Friday.

The suspect hurt a policeman and shouted slogans of Daesh (the Islamic State) before rushing into the supermarket at noon. Enditem