Police confirm eight taken hostage in Paris

French police have confirmed that eight people - not six, as previously reported - have been taken hostage in a bank south of Paris.

News channel LCI said six people were being held in the hold up at a bank in Rungis. Rival channel i-Tele put the number of hostages at eight.

Two armed robbers were involved, police and news reports said.

Police said the hold up was at a branch of the Credit Lyonnais bank at Rungis. Television networks said the alert was raised by an employee who managed to escape.