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Elderly woman sees in New Year trapped inside French supermarket

The 73 year-old emerged from toilets to find store shut for the night, and despite triggering burglar alarms was only discovered the next morning.

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A 73-year-old French woman was trapped overnight after being accidentally locked inside a supermarket on New Year's Eve in the northern French city of Roubaix, reports France 24.

While others were celebrating the start of 2013, an elderly French woman spent New Year's Eve trapped in a supermarket after being locked inside, officials said.

The 73-year-old was stuck inside the supermarket in the northern city of Roubaix after emerging from the toilet, where she had suffered a malaise, to find the shop closed and the doors locked, local firefighters said.

She set off the alarms several times throughout the night but there was no answer. She was only discovered the morning of New Year's Day around 10:30 am.

Read more of this report from France 24.