An inmate took five staff hostage at a prison in southern French city Arles on Friday, police and prison service sources told AFP.
The prisoner armed with a handmade shank had been holding four nurses and one prison guard in the infirmary since around 11:15 a.m. (1015 GMT), the prison service source said.
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