Toulouse, France. 20th June 2012 — Policeman try to keep journalists and watchers away from the bank where the hostages are kept. A shot was heard soon after the man stormed a branch of the Credit Industrial and Commercial (CIC) bank in the south west city. — Four people are being held hostage by man saying he is in the terrorist group Al Qaeda. The gunman is currently in the French city of Toulouse, next door to where Islamic terrorist Mohammed Merah was killed.