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    French bank gunman arrested

    •June 20, 2012
    • Police officers control the street next to a bank where a man took hostages in the southern French city of Toulouse, Wednesday, June 20, 2012. A gunman who authorities say had past psychiatric problems took four people hostage Wednesday in a bank in the southern French city of Toulouse, claiming he was acting for religious reasons. (AP Photo/Bruno Martin)
    • A police officers stands near a cameraman near where a man took hostages in a bank in the southern French city of Toulouse and fired a shot, police said, Wednesday, June 20, 2012. French television reported that he claimed allegiance to the al-Qaida terrorist group.(AP Photo/Bruno Martin)
    • Elite police officers unload items next to a bank where a man took hostages in the southern French city of Toulouse, Wednesday, June 20, 2012. A gunman who authorities say had past psychiatric problems took four people hostage Wednesday in a bank in the southern French city of Toulouse, claiming he was acting for religious reasons. (AP Photo/Bruno Martin)
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    Police officers control the street next to a bank where a man took hostages in the southern French city of Toulouse, Wednesday, June 20, 2012. A gunman who authorities say had past psychiatric problems took four people hostage Wednesday in a bank in the southern French city of Toulouse, claiming he was acting for religious reasons. (AP Photo/Bruno Martin)

    Police officers control the street next to a bank where a man took hostages in the southern French city of Toulouse, Wednesday, June 20, 2012. A gunman who authorities say had past psychiatric problems took four people hostage Wednesday in a bank in the southern French city of Toulouse, claiming he was acting for religious reasons. (AP Photo/Bruno Martin)

    A French police official says that a gunman who had taken four people hostage in a bank in Toulouse has been captured, and the hostages released. (AP)