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A prison inmate surrendered Friday afternoon after taking five staff hostage in the southern French city of Arles for several hours, authorities said.

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An inmate took five staff hostage at a prison in southern French city Arles on Friday, police and prison service sources told AFP.

The prisoner had been holding four nurses and one prison guard in the infirmary. Read more at straitstimes.com.

PARIS, Jan. 3 (Xinhua) -- The hostage-taking incident that occurred on Friday afternoon at a prison in the southern French city of Arles ended peacefully with no casualties, French Minister of Justice ...

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Four medical staff members and a prison guard are held hostage at the prison in Arles, in France's department of Bouches-du-Rhône, local media reported. The five staff members were taken hostage ...

An inmate took five staff hostage at a prison in the southern French city of Arles on Friday, police and prison service sources told AFP. The prisoner armed with a handmade shank had been holding four ...

An inmate took five staff hostage at a prison in southern French city Arles on Friday, police and prison service sources told AFP. The prisoner armed with a knife was holding four n ...