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| 'You know who I am': Paris gunman murders two and holds five hostage in Kosher grocery shop | 'You know who I am': Paris gunman murders two and holds five hostage in Kosher grocery shop |
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| An armed gunman, suspected to be the same assailant who who killed a policewoman on Thursday, has taken several hostages and is believed to have shot two people in a Jewish grocery shop in the east of Paris. | An armed gunman, suspected to be the same assailant who who killed a policewoman on Thursday, has taken several hostages and is believed to have shot two people in a Jewish grocery shop in the east of Paris. |
| Five hostages, including children, are being held in Kosher grocery Hyper Cacher off from at Rue Albert Willemetz, a side street off the main Porte de Vincennes boulevard, a police source confirmed to The Independent. At least one shop employee had escaped, he said. | Five hostages, including children, are being held in Kosher grocery Hyper Cacher off from at Rue Albert Willemetz, a side street off the main Porte de Vincennes boulevard, a police source confirmed to The Independent. At least one shop employee had escaped, he said. |
| There are also unconfirmed reports that the gunman, thought to be 32-year-old Amedy Coulibaly, has reportedly threatened to kill the hostages if police storm the building with the Kouachi brothers inside. The two suspects are also thought to have a hostage. | |
| 26-year-old Hayat Boumeddiene and 32-year-old Amedy Coulibaly The man, who is reportedly armed with two Kalashnikov rifles, is said to have told police officers: "You know who I am." | |
| Unconfirmed reports claim that two people may have been killed by the gunman, with witnesses claiming that the shooting lasted 20 seconds. | |
| An eyewitness to the Vincennes hostage-taking told Europe 1 radio: “People were buying things when a man came in with a rifle and started shooting in all directions. I ran out. The shooting continued for several seconds.” | |
| The latest reported information comes as Radio Europe 1 claimed a daughter had received a call from her mother, telling her: "I am in the shop, I love you." | |
| The background of the four individuals named by police is under increasing scrutiny as details slowly emerge. | |
| Coulibaly's girlfriend Hayat Boumedienne, 26, has also be named by police as a person of interest. It is believed that Ms Boumedienne attended a suspected jihadist training camp in Cantal, a mountainous area of central France. | Coulibaly's girlfriend Hayat Boumedienne, 26, has also be named by police as a person of interest. It is believed that Ms Boumedienne attended a suspected jihadist training camp in Cantal, a mountainous area of central France. |
| Others present at the camp included Cherif Kouachi, who is one of the suspected gunman in the horrific Charlie Hebdo massacre. Both were questioned by French security at the time but released for lack of evidence. | |
| A French newsweekly L'Orbs has claimed that Coulibaly and Cherif Kouachi may have met between 2005 and 2006, when both served jail sentences at the notoriously overcrowded Fleury-Mérogis prison, south of Paris. | A French newsweekly L'Orbs has claimed that Coulibaly and Cherif Kouachi may have met between 2005 and 2006, when both served jail sentences at the notoriously overcrowded Fleury-Mérogis prison, south of Paris. |
| Details have also emerged that Coulibaly, who reportedly has nine sisters, may have met former French President Nicolas Sarkozy in July 2009, telling Le Parisien: “I’m really pleased. I don’t know what I’ll say to him. I guess I’ll start with hello. Hopefully the president can help me get a job". | |
| Police vans on Cours de Vincennes https://t.co/OQSHAtRo7k | Police vans on Cours de Vincennes https://t.co/OQSHAtRo7k |
| Police have evacuated everyone from the area, Le Monde reports. Local people said they had heard prolonged gunfire. | Police have evacuated everyone from the area, Le Monde reports. Local people said they had heard prolonged gunfire. |
| Heavily armed police units cordoned off surrounding streets around the incident unfolding at Hyper Cacher (roughly translated as Super Kosher) grocery store, The Independent's John Lichfield reported. | Heavily armed police units cordoned off surrounding streets around the incident unfolding at Hyper Cacher (roughly translated as Super Kosher) grocery store, The Independent's John Lichfield reported. |
| Paris' Mayor Anne Hidalgo wrote on Twitter: “I have learned with horror of the hostage situation that has begun at the Porte de Vincennes, and I am going to the scene immediately.” | Paris' Mayor Anne Hidalgo wrote on Twitter: “I have learned with horror of the hostage situation that has begun at the Porte de Vincennes, and I am going to the scene immediately.” |
| Face à #hypercasher à #saintmande pic.twitter.com/iYYr3NxanO | Face à #hypercasher à #saintmande pic.twitter.com/iYYr3NxanO |
| The latest alleged attack develops as the world watches another unfolding hostage situation in an industrial estate in France, around 25 miles north-east of Paris. | The latest alleged attack develops as the world watches another unfolding hostage situation in an industrial estate in France, around 25 miles north-east of Paris. |
| The two suspected gunmen of the Charlie Hebdo massacre earlier this week remain holed up inside a print works as French negotiators work to create a dialogue. | The two suspected gunmen of the Charlie Hebdo massacre earlier this week remain holed up inside a print works as French negotiators work to create a dialogue. |