Gunman on loose in Paris after newspaper, bank shootings

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By Gérard Bon PARIS (Reuters) - Police were hunting a lone gunman on the loose in central Paris on Monday after he opened fire at the offices of a left-wing newspaper and a major bank before hijacking a car to take him to the Champs-Elysees avenue. About 90 minutes later, he opened fire outside the suburban headquarters of Societe Generale in the La Defense business district 10 km (6 miles) west of the centre, wounding no one, police and a spokeswoman for the bank said. Shortly afterwards, the same man hijacked a car nearby and forced the driver to drop him on the Champs-Elysees Avenue in central Paris, the driver told police. "As long as this person is still on the loose and we do not know the motives, this represents a threat," Interior Minister Manuel Valls told reporters outside Liberation's offices.

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