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Charlie Hebdo hunt: Police storm two hostage sites | |
(35 minutes later) | |
French police have stormed two hostage sites in Paris and north of the city. | |
Gunshots and explosions have been heard at a printworks warehouse in Dammartin-en-Goele, where two suspects in the Charlie Hebdo shootings were holding at least one hostage. | |
Police say the suspects, brothers Cherif and Said Kouachi, have been killed. | |
Explosions and gunfire could also be heard at a second hostage site in eastern Paris, at Porte de Vincennes. | |
A gunman there was holding several hostages at a kosher supermarket. Reports suggest he is linked to the Charlie Hebdo suspects. | |
After the operation started, several hostages could be seen leaving the supermarket. | |
The hostage at the printworks warehouse has also been freed, while a police officer at the scene was injured, AFP news agency said. |