Armed Youth Takes Children Hostage In French Nursery School, French Police Enter Building

This is pretty fresh off the wires as a 17 year old youth has entered a French nursery school wielding two machete type swords and while he at one time held up to 20 children ages 4 to 6, has released many but still holds four or five.

The report from Breitbart:

A 17-year-old youth armed with two swords on Monday burst into a French nursery school and took 20 children hostage, officials said.
He later released most of them but was still holding five or six hostage at the school in the eastern city of Besancon, the city's mayor Jean-Louis Fousseret said.

Police negotiators were in contact with the youth by telephone and an elite police unit specialising in hostage situations has surrounded the school, he said.

The man "went into the establishment armed with two swords and declaring that he wanted something," but did did not say what exactly that was, Fousseret said.

The class from which he took his hostage was made up of children aged from four to six years old, the mayor added.

Now, there's a newer report out from Expatica that says that French elite police have entered the building:

Elite French police on Monday entered a nursery school where a sword-wielding teenager was holding five or six children.

It was not immediately clear if the 17-year-old hostage taker had surrendered to security forces at the school in the eastern city of Besancon.

Now, there's nothing here that suggests that this 17 year old hostage taker is muslim...but...well, we'll see. Sounds more to me like some sort of mental case going on here.

Hopefully, this is going to be over soon without a hair being harmed on any of those children's heads.

Armed youth takes hostages in French school: official


A 17-year-old youth armed with two swords on Monday burst into a French nursery school and took 20 children hostage, officials said.
He later released most of them but was still holding five or six hostage at the school in the eastern city of Besancon, the city's mayor Jean-Louis Fousseret said.

Police negotiators were in contact with the youth by telephone and an elite police unit specialising in hostage situations has surrounded the school, he said.

The man "went into the establishment armed with two swords and declaring that he wanted something," but did did not say what exactly that was, Fousseret said.

The class from which he took his hostage was made up of children aged from four to six years old, the mayor added.

Education Minister Luc Chatel was on his way to the city, officials said.