Paris Shootings: Manhunt After Newspaper Attack

A manhunt is under way in Paris after two separate shootings, including one at a newspaper that left a man fighting for his life.

A photographer's assistant was seriously injured at the offices of the Liberation newspaper before another shooting about two hours later outside the headquarters of Societe Generale bank.

In a third incident, a man was taken hostage close to the bank and forced to drive to the Champs-Elysees before being released.

There are also unconfirmed reports that the lone suspect may be carrying grenades.

The hostage was released on the Champs-Elysees

Police said descriptions of the car-jacker matched that of the gunman. Shotgun cartridges found after both attacks also match up.

Officers are guarding media offices across Paris and are investigating a link with an incident on Friday when a man with a shotgun threatened journalists at a French news channel.

Police said that CCTV images of the shooter suggested he was the same man who had stormed into the headquarters of BFMTV on Friday.

The victim at the Liberation newspaper was shot in the chest and arm, according to police union spokesman Christophe Crepin.

Police stand guard outside the Liberation newspaper office

The shooter reportedly entered the lobby of the building wearing a bulletproof vest just before 10.15am, fired several shots with a pump-action shotgun and then fled.

Liberation said the 27-year-old victim is in a critical condition at the city's Pitie-Salpetriere hospital.

No one was injured at the bank shooting, according to a Societe Generale spokesperson.

Police confirmed three shots were fired outside the building, located in La Defense district, which is about six miles (10km) from the newspaper's office.

The second shooting was outside the Societe Generale headquarters

Sky News' Robert Nisbet said shortly after the bank shooting, a man called police and said he had been taken hostage in the nearby town of Puteaux.

"He was told he should drive to the Champs-Elysees - right in the centre of Paris," said Nisbet.

The shootings come three days after a man stormed into the Paris headquarters of news channel BFMTV brandishing a shotgun and warned a senior editor: "Next time, I will not miss you."

Police are investigating a link with that incident and comparing CCTV footage.

France's Interior Minister Manuel Valls speaks to media after the attack

Freelance journalist Peter Allen, who is on the Champs-Elysees, said there is an "eerie silence on the streets" and that people in the area have been told to stay inside.

"The hunt is on for this man," said Allen. "He has been described as between 40 and 45 years old, stout, shaven headed, wearing a cap and jeans.

"Rather disturbing reports say he is actually brandishing hand grenades as well as a shotgun.

"No one has seen him for a while and there are reports that he disappeared down into the Metro system - specifically line one - a hugely popular line full of tourists at all times of the day."

French President Francois Hollande said in a statement he had ordered authorities to "mobilise all means to clarify the circumstances of these acts and arrest the perpetrator or perpetrators".

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