New York Daily News Two hostages freed from suburban Paris post office standoffNew York Daily NewsTwo people have been freed and a gunman has been arrested after an armed standoff Friday at a post office in a Paris suburb, authorities said. The man busted into the Colombes, France, building, northwest …
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