- Dozen of armed police had surrounded post office in Paris suburb of Colombes, seven miles from the city centre
- Suspect had claimed he was 'heavily-armed' with a Kalashnikov and grenades and had taken several hostages
- But police say he turned out to be a 'depressed and unstable' local man on medication who had 'romantic problems'
- Dramatic pictures show suspect emerging from the post office as armed police point their weapons at his head
The latest Paris hostage crisis ended without bloodshed today after a gunman who claimed he had a Kalashnikov and grenades surrendered to police.
In a sign of the increasingly tense atmosphere in the city, the alarm was raised just before 1pm, with reports of a 'terrorist incident' in Colombes.
Dozens of armed officers trained their weapons on a post office where the man had reportedly taken people hostage.
But it turned out to be a 31-year-old 'depressed and unstable' local man on medication who had 'romantic problems'.
Dramatic pictures show the suspect holding his hands in the air after emerging from the post office as armed police point their weapons at him.
He is made to kneel on the ground as officers move in to handcuff him, all the time aiming their guns at his head. The hostages escaped unharmed.
Some 80 heavily armed RAID polices commandos arrived within minutes and surrounded the post office, where the man was said to be holding at least two hostages
But after about an hour he gave himself up and turned out to be a man who 'is known to police and who is on medication for psychiatric problems,' said a local police source.
Police had surrounded the post office in Colombes, around seven miles from the centre of the French capital after reports that he 'heavily armed'.
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