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Europe shares trim gains

December 16, 2014 00:00:00


PARIS, Dec 15 (Reuters): European stocks briefly trimmed their gains on Monday after four gunmen took a hostage in an apartment in the Belgian city of Ghent.

Police were called after the four armed men were seen entering a building in the Dampoort district of the city on Monday morning. A spokeswoman for prosecutors said that the four had taken a man hostage there.


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