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Bank Job Montpellier (Hérault) – Nicolas Bonzom / Maxele Press / 20 Minutes

MP with (Nicolas Jerome DIESNIS Bonzom Montpellier)

8:45 p.m. EDIT: A user on site sends us a phot and tells us that “nothing happens”

A hostage is being in a jewelry store downtown Montpellier (Hérault) on Friday late afternoon, according to our information. A felon with a handgun holding two women in a quarantine of years. Men IFNU, from Marseille, arrived on the scene, according to our reporter on site. Three vans and a pickup truck in the elite unit are positioned for a possible assault.

The jewelry would be rue de la Loge in the city center of Montpellier and the area is cordoned off by security forces present in number (BIS and LAC), to the Place de la Comedie. This would be according to our information of a robbery gone bad. “This is a robbery. This has no relation to what is happening in Paris, “said AFP the prosecutor Christophe Barret reference to the hostage-taking in the Paris area.

The Electricity was cut in the area to facilitate a possible intervention

A user who lives next door, testifies to 20Minutes. “There’s nothing happening at the moment, there has been a cut electricity for 20 minutes and it came back. Safety cords are kept, police say nothing more than to retreat. It’s quite disturbing. Many discussions between passers, they think that the jihadists would not attack a bijoutierie, so it could instead be a robbery gone wrong, but with a hostage. “

Another Homer, contacted by 20 Minutes, added: “I heard screaming in the street. When I went to the window, I heard and saw police who ordered everyone to leave. Then the police has positioned around and cordoned off the area to the Place de la Comedie. During the power outage, I saw a torch light on the first floor (which also belongs to the jewelry). Then the power came back and IFNU happened. For the moment they are at twenty meters from the entrance. No shooting, no cry, no real movement. “