Armed Men 'Take Hostages In French Town'

A hostage situation is under way in Roubaix, northern France, with a bank director and his family taken captive.Armed men have taken several hostages after gunshots were fired in the town of Roubaix in northern France, a police source told Reuters.

A bank director and his family are believed to have been taken hostage in the town near the Belgian border, the source said.

"An operation is underway after hostages were taken," the source said.

"Gunshots were fired and the neighbourhood has been cordoned off."

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