Suspect in Paris hostage-taking placed in psychiatric unit
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A French judicial official says the suspect in a hostage-taking in central Paris has been transferred overnight to a psychiatric unit.
The official spoke anonymously Wednesday because he was not allowed to discuss an ongoing investigation.
A four-hour hostage standoff ended Tuesday after police arrested the armed suspect, a 26-year-old man born in Morocco. Two hostages were freed.
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There was no indication of an extremist motive, police said.
An investigation has been open for kidnapping and sequestration, attempted homicide and violence with a weapon.
During the negotiations, the hostage-taker reportedly evoked a strange mix of events, including the Sept. 11, 2001, attack on the World Trade Center, the kidnapping and death last year of a young girl in an Alpine town, and asking to speak to the Iranian ambassador.