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Gunmen hold up store with 10 people inside near Paris: police

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Gunmen were holed up inside a Primark store near Paris today with some 10 people inside after what appears to be an attempt to rob the shop, police said, adding special forces had been dispatched to the scene.

"Around 6:30 am (0530 GMT), two or three armed criminals went into the Primark store for what we think was initially an attempt at armed robbery," a police source, who wished to remain anonymous, said of the incident at Villeneuve-la-Garenne.

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First Published: Jul 13 2015 | 1:42 PM IST

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