Police move in; Paris captives OK

PARIS — A four-hour hostage standoff in central Paris ended with police moving in, arresting the suspect and freeing those held, France’s interior minister announced late Tuesday.

“All the hostages are safe and sound,” Gerard Collomb said in a brief statement.

The Paris prosecutor’s office detained the suspect, a 26-year-old man born in Morocco, a judicial official said. It was not immediately clear if he had French nationality.

The man is being investigated on multiple counts, including kidnapping and sequestration, attempted homicide and violence with a weapon, the official said. The official was not authorized to discuss an ongoing investigation and asked not to be named.

There was no indication of an extremist motive, police said.