‘Heavy gunfire’ has broken out in a northern suburb of Paris during an anti-terrorist police operation, just five days after the worst terrorist attacks in French history killed 129 people in the capital.
Shots have been being exchanged in the large police operation in Saint-Denis which began in the early hours of this morning. A special armed response unit took part in the raid and at least one police officer has been hurt.
Reports indicate ‘two or three men’ have barricaded themselves into an apartment in the centre of the suburb, which is currently surrounded by dozens of police cars with a police helicopter overhead.
Residents have been told to stay in their homes and away from windows and some have been moved to a temporary shelter in the town hall.
