Parisians briefly panicked in one of the capital’s busiest areas on Saturday, after a man committed suicide.
Local police intervened in the La Defense district (Hauts-de-Seine), around the time of the suicide, which occurred around 5pm.
A person threw himself from a high floor, a source told AFP.
The suicide was confirmed after autjorities viewed surveillance cameras from the area.
The fall caused a strong noise that would have been perceived by passers as a gunshot sound, causing panic in the area’s shopping.
On social networks, several videos from witnesses showed scenes of panic in the shopping center of Les Quatre Temps and on the esplanade of the business district in western Paris.
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