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| Charlie Hebdo hunt: Double hostage crisis in France | Charlie Hebdo hunt: Double hostage crisis in France |
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| A gunman has seized hostages at a kosher supermarket in Paris as police have cornered the two Charlie Hebdo massacre suspects further north. | |
| A police officer told the BBC that two people were killed after a gunman believed to be the killer of a policewoman in Montrouge entered the supermarket near Porte de Vincennes. | A police officer told the BBC that two people were killed after a gunman believed to be the killer of a policewoman in Montrouge entered the supermarket near Porte de Vincennes. |
| Armed police have flooded the area. | Armed police have flooded the area. |
| In Dammartin-en-Goele, 35km (22 miles) north-east of Paris, the Charlie Hebdo suspects are also holding a hostage. | In Dammartin-en-Goele, 35km (22 miles) north-east of Paris, the Charlie Hebdo suspects are also holding a hostage. |
| The Islamist militants are inside a small printing business and have reportedly said they are prepared to die. | The Islamist militants are inside a small printing business and have reportedly said they are prepared to die. |
| Twelve people were shot dead and 11 were injured in Wednesday's attack on the office of Charlie Hebdo, a satirical magazine which freely mocks religion. | Twelve people were shot dead and 11 were injured in Wednesday's attack on the office of Charlie Hebdo, a satirical magazine which freely mocks religion. |
| The unprecedented attack shocked France and there has been an outpouring of sympathy and solidarity worldwide. | The unprecedented attack shocked France and there has been an outpouring of sympathy and solidarity worldwide. |
| 'Armed and dangerous' | 'Armed and dangerous' |
| Heavily armed anti-terror teams are mobilised in eastern Paris. Schools near the supermarket are under lockdown, AP news agency reports. | Heavily armed anti-terror teams are mobilised in eastern Paris. Schools near the supermarket are under lockdown, AP news agency reports. |
| Separately police have ordered the closure of all shops in the Marais, a traditionally Jewish area in the heart of Paris's central tourist district. | Separately police have ordered the closure of all shops in the Marais, a traditionally Jewish area in the heart of Paris's central tourist district. |
| The hostage-taker in eastern Paris - said to have taken up to five people prisoner - knew at least one of the suspected Charlie Hebdo attackers, a source told AFP news agency. | The hostage-taker in eastern Paris - said to have taken up to five people prisoner - knew at least one of the suspected Charlie Hebdo attackers, a source told AFP news agency. |
| The gunman is suspected to be behind the shooting of a policewoman in Montrouge on Thursday. | The gunman is suspected to be behind the shooting of a policewoman in Montrouge on Thursday. |
| French police have issued an appeal for witnesses to that shooting. They said they were looking for two people: a man called Amedy Coulibaly, 32, and a woman called Hayat Boumeddiene, 26. | French police have issued an appeal for witnesses to that shooting. They said they were looking for two people: a man called Amedy Coulibaly, 32, and a woman called Hayat Boumeddiene, 26. |
| The two were thought to be "armed and dangerous", French police said. | The two were thought to be "armed and dangerous", French police said. |
| The Charlie Hebdo attackers, named as two brothers linked by intelligence officials to militant groups, shouted Islamist slogans during the shooting at the magazine office on Wednesday and then fled Paris in a hijacked car, heading north. | The Charlie Hebdo attackers, named as two brothers linked by intelligence officials to militant groups, shouted Islamist slogans during the shooting at the magazine office on Wednesday and then fled Paris in a hijacked car, heading north. |
| Shots were fired during a high-speed car chase earlier on Friday. | Shots were fired during a high-speed car chase earlier on Friday. |
| It appears the suspects had hijacked another car in the town of Montagny-Sainte-Felicite before travelling on to Dammartin. | It appears the suspects had hijacked another car in the town of Montagny-Sainte-Felicite before travelling on to Dammartin. |
| The car's owner is said to have recognised them as brothers Cherif and Said Kouachi, the key suspects. | The car's owner is said to have recognised them as brothers Cherif and Said Kouachi, the key suspects. |
| In a televised statement, Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve confirmed the men being sought on Friday were those wanted for the Charlie Hebdo attack and said they would be "neutralised". | In a televised statement, Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve confirmed the men being sought on Friday were those wanted for the Charlie Hebdo attack and said they would be "neutralised". |
| Residents warned | Residents warned |
| The suspects have been surrounded in a small printing business named CTD, a source close to the investigation told AFP. | The suspects have been surrounded in a small printing business named CTD, a source close to the investigation told AFP. |
| Officials from the town council say pupils from three schools are being evacuated to a nearby gymnasium, where they will be reunited with their parents. | Officials from the town council say pupils from three schools are being evacuated to a nearby gymnasium, where they will be reunited with their parents. |
| Christelle Alleume, who works near CTD in Dammartin, said a round of gunfire had interrupted her morning coffee break. | Christelle Alleume, who works near CTD in Dammartin, said a round of gunfire had interrupted her morning coffee break. |
| "We heard shots and we returned very fast because everyone was afraid," she told French broadcaster iTele. "We had orders to turn off the lights and not approach the windows." | "We heard shots and we returned very fast because everyone was afraid," she told French broadcaster iTele. "We had orders to turn off the lights and not approach the windows." |
| People in the area say police helicopters began arriving around 08:45 (07:45 GMT) followed by convoys of armed officers. Sharpshooters could be seen taking up position on rooftops. | People in the area say police helicopters began arriving around 08:45 (07:45 GMT) followed by convoys of armed officers. Sharpshooters could be seen taking up position on rooftops. |
| The security situation has affected flights at the main airport in Paris, which is in the vicinity. Officials at Paris Charles de Gaulle say they have changed landing and take-off patterns for aircraft in the light of the security situation. | The security situation has affected flights at the main airport in Paris, which is in the vicinity. Officials at Paris Charles de Gaulle say they have changed landing and take-off patterns for aircraft in the light of the security situation. |
| 'Al-Qaeda' | 'Al-Qaeda' |
| It is believed the Charlie Hebdo gunmen were angered by the satirical magazine's irreverent depictions of the Prophet Muhammad. | It is believed the Charlie Hebdo gunmen were angered by the satirical magazine's irreverent depictions of the Prophet Muhammad. |
| During the attack on Charlie Hebdo, the attackers are said to have shouted "We are al-Qaeda, Yemen", an apparent reference to the al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula group (AQAP). | During the attack on Charlie Hebdo, the attackers are said to have shouted "We are al-Qaeda, Yemen", an apparent reference to the al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula group (AQAP). |
| In the US, a senior official has told reporters that one of the two brothers alleged to have carried out the attack, Said Kouachi, spent "a few months" training in Yemen with the group. | In the US, a senior official has told reporters that one of the two brothers alleged to have carried out the attack, Said Kouachi, spent "a few months" training in Yemen with the group. |
| Said and his younger brother, convicted terrorist Cherif Kouachi, were on a US no-fly list before the attack, a US counter-terrorism official told the New York Times. | Said and his younger brother, convicted terrorist Cherif Kouachi, were on a US no-fly list before the attack, a US counter-terrorism official told the New York Times. |
| France's main Muslim federations have called on imams at 2,300 French mosques to "condemn the violence and the terrorism with maximum firmness". | France's main Muslim federations have called on imams at 2,300 French mosques to "condemn the violence and the terrorism with maximum firmness". |
| Charlie Hebdo victims | Charlie Hebdo victims |
| The victims | The victims |
| Obituary: Defiant editor | Obituary: Defiant editor |
| A mosque and a kebab shop in Paris were attacked on Thursday. There were no injuries. | A mosque and a kebab shop in Paris were attacked on Thursday. There were no injuries. |
| President Francois Hollande called for tolerance, saying France had been "struck directly in the heart of its capital, in a place where the spirit of liberty and thus of resistance breathed freely". | President Francois Hollande called for tolerance, saying France had been "struck directly in the heart of its capital, in a place where the spirit of liberty and thus of resistance breathed freely". |
| "Reassuring the population is telling them that they live in a state run by the rule of law and which has the will to be together, to refuse one-upmanship, stigmatisation and caricatures," he said. | "Reassuring the population is telling them that they live in a state run by the rule of law and which has the will to be together, to refuse one-upmanship, stigmatisation and caricatures," he said. |
| The lawyer for Charlie Hebdo, Richard Malka, has said that next week's edition of the magazine will go ahead on Wednesday and will have a print run of one million instead of the normal 60,000 copies. | The lawyer for Charlie Hebdo, Richard Malka, has said that next week's edition of the magazine will go ahead on Wednesday and will have a print run of one million instead of the normal 60,000 copies. |
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