The Latest: Top terror investigator on way to hostage site
PARIS (AP) — The Latest on a shooting and hostage-taking in southern France (all times local):
2:15 p.m.
The Paris prosecutor's office says the prosecutor who leads the country's counterterrorism office is heading to southern France to oversee the unfolding investigation of a hostage situation at a supermarket.
The office of Paris prosecutor Francois Molins would not give details at this stage on the number of victims or the identity of the suspect in the town of Trebes.
The school system in the Trebes region says all students are safe and will remain inside schools until further notice. Parents and relatives have been told not to come to pick them up.
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