Armed police arrive in the French city of Toulouse.<br/> <br />A man claiming to be an al Qaeda member took four people hostage in a bank here Wednesday morning.<br/> <br />Police say the man was trying to rob the bank when the burglary went awry.<br/> <br />The city has had several short-lived hostage situations in recent weeks.<br/> <br />It is also where 23-year-old Mohammed Merah was gunned down by police in March.<br/> <br />He was charged with a drive by shooting that killed a Rabbi and three children at a local Jewish school as well as three soldiers.<br/> <br />Jessica Gray, Reuters
