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| • Chérif and Saïd Kouachi, who had been on the run since the shooting at the Charlie Hebdo offices on Wednesday which claimed 12 lives, were killed when armed special forces stormed the building where they had held a hostage since early on Friday. | • Chérif and Saïd Kouachi, who had been on the run since the shooting at the Charlie Hebdo offices on Wednesday which claimed 12 lives, were killed when armed special forces stormed the building where they had held a hostage since early on Friday. |
| • The three-day terror incident came to a dramatic end just before 4pm GMT when armed officers raided the printing works on an industrial estate near Charles de Gaulle airport. The hostage was freed, according to multiple reports citing French officials. | • The three-day terror incident came to a dramatic end just before 4pm GMT when armed officers raided the printing works on an industrial estate near Charles de Gaulle airport. The hostage was freed, according to multiple reports citing French officials. |
| • Moments later, officers launched an assault on a kosher supermarket in east Paris where another gunman, named earlier by police as Amedy Coulibaly, took up to six people hostage on Friday afternoon. | • Moments later, officers launched an assault on a kosher supermarket in east Paris where another gunman, named earlier by police as Amedy Coulibaly, took up to six people hostage on Friday afternoon. |
| • Coulibaly was also killed when police stormed the supermarket, freeing several hostages, according to multiple reports. Later President Francois Hollande confirmed that four hostages were killed during the operation, and described the hostage-taking by the gunman as “an appalling anti-Semitic act”. | • Coulibaly was also killed when police stormed the supermarket, freeing several hostages, according to multiple reports. Later President Francois Hollande confirmed that four hostages were killed during the operation, and described the hostage-taking by the gunman as “an appalling anti-Semitic act”. |
| • The Paris siege began at around 8.30am GMT on Friday when there were reports of shots being fired and hostages taken in Dammartin-en-Goële, sparking a major operation involving Swat teams, military helicopters and armed counter-terror officers. | • The Paris siege began at around 8.30am GMT on Friday when there were reports of shots being fired and hostages taken in Dammartin-en-Goële, sparking a major operation involving Swat teams, military helicopters and armed counter-terror officers. |
| • Earlier on Friday, French police linked Coulibaly to the killing of policewoman Clarissa Jean-Philippe in Montrouge on Thursday. They named him as a suspect along with Hayat Boumeddienne, 26. | • Earlier on Friday, French police linked Coulibaly to the killing of policewoman Clarissa Jean-Philippe in Montrouge on Thursday. They named him as a suspect along with Hayat Boumeddienne, 26. |