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The Rue des Petites Ecuries in Paris is on lockdown amid reports an armed man has taken three people hostage, including one believed to be a pregnant woman.
Videos and images from the scene show numerous police cars and a cordon has been put in place on the narrow street in the French capital.
Anti-terrorist police are surrounding the Mixicom computer store in the French capital’s 10th arrondissement, close to the Gare du Nord Eurostar hub.
Local news outlet France Bleu reports that "the man claims to be in possession of a bomb and a handgun".
French special forces, an ambulance and the bomb squad are on the scene and onlookers say the area is on lockdown.