FrenchFrench police arrested a suspected gunman on Thursday after shots were fired near Parisian cafés that were targeted in November’s attacks, reports The Hindustan Times.
No injuries were reported but the incident rattled nerves in a city still on edge. Paris police spokesperson Johana Primevert says officers were deployed after shots rang out. A suspect who appeared to be drunk later surrendered, she said.
“I heard there was a hostage-taking so I came outside. There was a crowd collecting and all these police and media. But it’s hardly anything. Now every time we hear a police siren we panic. Everyone overreacts. Fear? I’m not afraid,” said local resident Gilles Selles.
The building is at the junction of the Rue de Bichat and Rue du Faubourg du Temple in eastern Paris, near two cafes targeted in the November 13th Islamic State attacks that left 130 people dead and hundreds wounded. France remains on edge and under a state of emergency since the attacks.
