Elite French police officers arrive at a bank June 20, 2012, after a gunman took four people hostage in the southern city of Toulouse, France, and fired a shot, police said. (AP Photo)-
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TOULOUSE, France (AP) - A French police official said that a gunman who had taken four people hostage in a bank in Toulouse has been captured, and the hostages released.
Regional police official Frederic Tamisier says the hostage-taker was slightly injured in the operation to capture him. The hostages were unharmed, he said.
The announcement came soon after a series of gunshots were heard from the area of the bank.
Authorities said the gunman had psychiatric problems in the past and claimed he was acting for religious reasons. French media reports said he claimed allegiance to al-Qaida.
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