A hostage taking incident in the northern French town of Roubaix appears to be over.<br /><br /> Police have reported one gunman as dead and another arrested. All hostages have been freed.<br /><br /> At first there were fears the incident was linked to a terrorist attack but police quickly ruled that out. It now seems to have been a robbery in which a bank manager and his family were victims of a botched kidnapping by a group of armed men.
