Gunman Takes Hostages at Toulouse Bank TOULOUSE, France (AP) - French police say that a gunman has freed one of the four hostages he is holding in a bank in the southern city of Toulouse. French media say that the gunman claims links to al-Qaida, and police units from other French regions have been sent to the scene. A police official in Toulouse says one of the hostages, a woman, has been released. The official says negotiations are under way with the hostage-taker. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak publicly about the subject. Tensions are high in Toulouse since a shooting rampage by an Islamic radical in march that left three Jewish schoolchildren, a rabbi and three paratroopers dead.