PARIS, July 19. /TASS/. A gunman has broken into a hotel in the south of France, La Dauphine Libere reported on Tuesday.

The assailant entered the Hotel Formule 1 in Bollene - Vaucluse department - at around 1:45pm. The hotel was immediately evacuated by gendarmerie officers.

The armed individual is still inside the hotel which has been cordoned off by police. The attacker’s motives remain unknown.