Four people were held in a hostage-taking on Monday in Vienne. The “dangerous” individual suspected of holding them has been arrested.
A hostage-taking, which began on Monday morning in the town of Quincay in Vienne, ended in the middle of the afternoon around 3:40 p.m., announced the prefecture. The suspected individual has been arrested.
“End of the hostage-taking in Quinçay. The individual holding 4 people was arrested during the intervention of the GIGN”, announces the prefecture of Vienne on Twitter.
She specifies that there were “no injuries” in the intervention which took place in this town of just over 2000 inhabitants, located west of Poitiers. The parquet floor is in place.
“A security device” quickly deployed
Four people were retained in a house by a man, had learned BFMTV this Monday afternoon from a source close to the investigation, confirming information from The New Republic.
The police were quickly mobilized. “A security device was immediately put in place by the national gendarmerie”, announced the prefecture on Monday.
More than 70 gendarmes, from the department or members of the GIGNwere mobilized on the spot, as well as members of the emergency services, belonging to the SDIS and the Samu in the event of injuries.
“Recently released from prison”
The Vienne prefecture specifies that a “dangerous individual, recently released from prison” is suspected of being the author of this hostage-taking. This is the arrested man. The man “has taken refuge in a house and is threatening several people, including some of his family”, she adds.
According to our information, the 4 people who were detained were the ex-wife of the hostage taker, their child, as well as two friends of the couple. The terrorist track is currently ruled out, according to the first elements of the investigation and the favored thesis is that of a family conflict. Negotiators arrived on the spot.
The inhabitants of the surroundings of this commune are “invited” to “avoid the sector between Quinçay and Vouneuil-sous-Biard”. A large security perimeter has been set up.
