A police officer inside a vehicle secures the area near the bank where an armed man held hostages, in Le Havre, France, August 6, 2020. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes
LE HAVRE, France (Reuters) - A gunman who took six people hostage in a bank in northern France on Thursday surrendered to elite police after a six-hour operation to free his captives.
The hostage-taker, a 34-year-old with a history of mental illness, emerged slowly from the building wearing a balaclava and with his hands turned palms-up, before officers with their weapons raised moved in and handcuffed him.
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