Two people are dead and more than 70 monks were being held hostage by a masked man with a knife and sawn-off shotgun in in Montpellier, France.
Local residents claim the armed man stormed the retirement home at around 9.45pm but they were unsure of his motives as anti-terror police surround the building.
At least 70 monks and nuns, who have served as missionaries in Africa, reside in the home in Montferrier-sur-Lez, north of the city.
Those killed are thought to be an elderly female supervisor who was stabbed several times and a man who was working with her.
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