Eighteen people have been safely evacuated after an armed robbery attempt on a suburban clothing store in Paris.

The gunmen, who broke into the Primark store in the town of Villeneuve-la-Garenne, are still at large.

Police surrounded the shopping centre and cordoned off the neighbourhood, adjacent to the Seine River about six miles north of central Paris.
Police are hunting the attackers in the area.

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