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Charlie Hebdo hunt: Police surround Paris suspects Charlie Hebdo hunt: Hostage held as suspects surrounded
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French police have surrounded a building in a northern town where two men suspected of the Charlie Hebdo massacre are said to have a hostage. French police have surrounded a building in a northern town where two Islamists suspected of the Charlie Hebdo massacre have taken a hostage.
On the third day of a manhunt, shots were fired and there are reports of injuries in Dammartin-en-Goele, 35km (22 miles) from Paris. Holed up in a small printing business in Dammartin-en-Goele, 35km (22 miles) from Paris, the gunmen reportedly said they were prepared to die.
The suspected Islamists are reported to have said they are prepared to die. Shots were fired during a high-speed car chase earlier on Friday, the third day of the manhunt for the attackers.
Twelve people were shot dead and 11 injured in the attack on the satirical magazine in the centre of Paris. A shooting has been reported at a kosher business in the east of Paris.
The suspects, two brothers who intelligence officials have linked to militant groups, shouted Islamist slogans during the shooting and then fled Paris in a hijacked car, heading north. A gunman, believed to be the killer of a policewoman in Paris on Thursday, has taken a hostage at the store, a source told France's AFP news agency.
Earlier, a police source linked the killing of the policewoman to the Charlie Hebdo attack, when 12 people were shot dead and 11 injured.
The suspects, two brothers linked by intelligence officials to militant groups, shouted Islamist slogans during the shooting and then fled Paris in a hijacked car, heading north.
It appears that on Friday they hijacked another car in the town of Montagny-Sainte-Felicite before travelling on to Dammartin.It appears that on Friday they hijacked another car in the town of Montagny-Sainte-Felicite before travelling on to Dammartin.
The car's owner recognised them as brothers Cherif and Said Kouachi, the key suspects.The car's owner 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. 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".
"An operation is under way which is set to neutralise the perpetrators of the cowardly attack carried out two days ago," he said.
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 amid warnings 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.
Residents warnedResidents warned
The suspects are said to be holed up in a small printing business named CTD, a source close to the investigation told AFP news agency. The suspects have been surrounded in a small printing business named CTD, a source close to the investigation told AFP.
In Dammartin, witnesses say police are protecting people in buildings close by. 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.
Officers from the elite GIGN unit have told people working nearby to stay inside and turn lights off while the operation is going on. An interior ministry official said there had been no deaths or injuries on Friday, as reported by some media.
People in the area say police helicopters began arriving around 08:45 (07:45 GMT) followed by convoys of armed officers. Christelle Alleume, who works near CTD in Dammartin, said a round of gunfire had interrupted her morning coffee break.
Some of those in premises in the industrial area where the suspects are cornered have been evacuated. "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."
Police and military helicopters continue to hover low over the area, while lines of armed officers are guarding the edge of the national highway were traffic continues to flow. 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.
Meanwhile, police are said to have have identified a suspect in Thursday's fatal shooting of a policewoman in Montrouge, south of Paris.
AFP news agency quotes a source close to the investigation as saying that two people in his immediate circle have been taken into custody.
'Al-Qaeda''Al-Qaeda'
Police told AFP that the suspected killer of a policewoman in the southern Paris suburb of Montrouge on Thursday had links with the Kouachi brothers.
The police officer had been responding to an early morning traffic accident when she came under fire. Reports say two people close to the chief suspect have been arrested.
It is believed the gunmen were angered by the satirical magazine's irreverent depictions of the Prophet Muhammad.It is believed the 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".
Charlie Hebdo victimsCharlie Hebdo victims
The victimsThe victims
Obituary: Defiant editorObituary: Defiant editor
On Thursday, France marked a national day of mourning for those killed in Paris. French President Francois Hollande has appealed to citizens 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".
A minute's silence was held in public spaces and 20 imams joined hundreds gathered outside the offices of Charlie Hebdo.
Later, the lights on the Eiffel Tower were turned off as a mark of respect and several thousand people gathered in the Place de la Republique in Paris for a second night.
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.
One of the magazine's surviving cartoonists, Luz, attended an editorial meeting on Friday with staff from liberal French daily Liberation. He was not at the magazine's offices on Wednesday at the time of the attack.
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