A man who took hostages at a school complex just south of Paris used a “fake firearm”, an official said.

An armed man who took hostages at a school complex just south of Paris has released them all unhurt and been taken into police custody, authorities said.

Police say an armed man who took hostages this morning at a school complex south of Paris has released the last one unhurt.

An armed man took hostages at a school complex just south of Paris this morning, according to French police.

French Cabinet ministers were to meet today to authorise curfews aimed at stopping rioters after the country’s worst civil unrest in decades raged for a 12th night.