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Charlie Hebdo hunt: Shots fired at Dammartin-en-Goule | |
(35 minutes later) | |
Shots have been fired and there are reports of a hostage being taken as French police close in on suspects linked to the Charlie Hebdo massacre. | |
Several people are said to have been wounded at Dammartin-en-Goele, 35km (22 miles) from Paris, but officials denied reports of deaths. | |
Negotiations between the gunmen and police are now under way, reports say. | |
The development comes nearly 48 hours after the attack on the magazine's office, when 12 people were shot dead. | |
The heavily armed gunmen fled Paris by car after the attack. | The heavily armed gunmen fled Paris by car after the attack. |
A convoy of police vehicles has been seen heading by motorway to Dammartin-en-Goele. | |
At the scene: Piers Scholfield, BBC News, Dammartin-en-Goele | |
It's a dramatic scene. The area around the small town of Dammartin is rapidly filling up with thousands of French police and anti-terror forces. | |
Several Puma helicopters are hovering over the area. Hundreds of police cars and armoured vehicles have arrived. Press were rapidly moved on from the area warning of danger to onlookers. | |
Huge convoys of police line the main N2 highway. | |
There are now reports of flights being cancelled at nearby Charles de Gaulle airport. | |
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