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Young man takes children hostage in eastern France (UPDATE)

Other News Materials 13 December 2010 14:39 (UTC +04:00)
A young man armed with swords took some 15 children hostage at a kindergarten in eastern France, police said on Monday.
Young man takes children hostage in eastern France (UPDATE)

A young man armed with swords took some 15 children hostage at a kindergarten in eastern France, police said on Monday, Xinhua reported.
  
Security staff were already in place around the kindergarten in the eastern city of Besancon.
  
The 17-year-old man took 20 children hostage but released five of them, reports quoted local officials as saying.
  
Education Minister Luc Chatel is on the way to Besancon for the incident, the ministry said.

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