Manhunt for gunmen after Paris Primark store robbed

A group of gunmen broke into a discount clothing store near Paris yesterday, trapping 18 people inside for hours, before fleeing and prompting a manhunt throughout the area, police said.

All 18 people were safely evacuated from the Primark clothes store in a shopping center in the town of Villeneuve-la-Garenne, according to a regional police official.

She said police were last night pursuing the assailants.