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LIVE: French dual hostage crisis ends: Gunmen dead, 4 hostages killed, two policemen injured during operation

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 Paris, January 9, 2015 | UPDATED 00:19 IST





 
Two brothers suspected of attacking the offices of French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo were killed when police stormed their hideout on Friday while their hostage was freed, a police official said.However, a police source said at least four other hostages had been killed at a separate siege at a kosher supermarket in eastern Paris. LIVE UPDATES ON THE DEVELOPING STORY:12. 25 am: BFMTV news channel is broadcasting a telephone interview with a man who they identified as the supermarket gunman, named as Amedy Coulibaly. In the interview, he says he had been coordinating his attack with the Charlie Hebdo suspects and that he was from the Islamic State militant group active in Syria and Iraq. But he also said he had been sent and financed by al-Qaeda in Yemen, another militant group which is not believed to have had overt ties with Islamic State. 12. 10 am: Reports say an armed man is holding two hostages at a jewellery store in Montpellier, southern France, but there is no indication it is linked to the hostage situations in Paris. 11. 55 pm: French Interior Minister praises bravery of police and officials who worked to free the hostages.11. 39 pm: Paris police reportedly searching for another Islamist gunman who took part in hostage taking at the supermarket. 10. 48 pm: French President Francois Hollande to address nation after sieges ended10. 42 pm:  Female suspect in Paris grocery siege escapes: police union spokesman 10. 38 pm: At least four hostages at Kosher supermarket siege in eastern Paris dead: police source Smoke is seen as French police special forces launch their assault at a kosher supermarket in eastern Paris on January 9, 2015. Photo: Reuters10. 09 pm: The hostage-taker at the supermarket in eastern Paris is also dead: reports 10. 08 pm: Several hostages freed at the supermarket in Paris: reports 10. 06 pm: Killed Charlie Hebdo suspects came out firing on security forces: source 10. 05 pm: Four loud bangs heard at porte de Vincennes, site of the kosher supermarket siege.9. 58 pm: Both Charlie Hebdo suspects killed as police storm building. 9. 55 pm: Paris names Charlie Hebdo an "honorary citizen": reports 9. 35 pm: Gunshots, explosions heard at Dammartin-en-Goele where the Charlie Hebdo suspects are holed up.  9. 25 pm: According to Reuters reports, French anti-terrorist forces are surrounding a building where they believe the two men suspected of attacking the Charlie Hebdo satirical weekly are holed up. They want to start a dialogue and have not launched an assault, a French interior ministry spokesman said. "The priority is to establish a dialogue," Pierre-Henry Brandet said in a message tweeted by the interior ministry. "This can take a long time, hours and sometimes days," he added. 9. 15 pm: French President Francois Hollande is holding a crisis meeting on the terror standoffs.9. 06 pm: Gunman at kosher grocery store threatens to kill hostages if police storm terrorist brothers.French police personnel at the scene of the hostage taking at a kosher supermarket in eastern Paris on Friday, January 9, 2015. Photo: Reuters8. 12 pm: Police have closed down a ring road that circles Paris near the kosher supermarket in the French capital. 8. 02 pm: French interior ministry says Trocadero security scare is a false alarm.French police personnel at the scene of the hostage taking at a kosher supermarket in eastern Paris on Friday, January 9, 2015. Photo: Reuters7. 50 pm: There are reports of another armed incident at the Trocadero near the Eiffel Tower. 7. 40 pm: One person was seriously injured and six hostages have been taken, a Reuters report stated. French police personnel at the scene of the hostage taking at a kosher supermarket in eastern Paris on Friday, January 9, 2015. Photo: Reuters7. 38 pm: Hayat Boumeddiene, who has just been named by the police as a suspect, is the former partner of Amedy Coulibaly who is reported to be holding hostages at the kosher supermarket siege: reports7. 30 pm: Gunman in kosher grocery store is demanding the release of the suspects in Charlie Hebdo shooting: reports French police personnel at the scene of the hostage taking at a kosher supermarket in eastern Paris on Friday, January 9, 2015. Photo: Reuters7. 20 pm: The police have named two suspects wanted in connection with the second siege at a kosher supermarket in eastern Paris. They are Amedy Coulibaly and Hayat Boumeddiene. Police did not specify whether both were at the scene.  The police release naming the two suspects in the market attack in eastern Paris7. 08 pm: At least two dead and multiple injured in shootout in eastern Paris: local media reports 6. 42 pm: A police official said there are multiple hostages and wounded at the scene. 6. 35 pm: Gunman with hostages in Kosher market in eastern Paris. Police SWAT on scene.6. 28 pm: One more shootout in Paris at a butcher shop. One hostage likely: Reports6. 18pm: There are reports of another shooting and a hostage taking in Paris. It is, however, unclear whether it has any connection with the Charlie Hebdo attack. 6. 00 pm: A spokesman for France's interior minister says that the priority is to establish a dialogue with the Charlie Hebdo gunmen, Reuters reports. 5. 50 pm: There are reports of heavy military vehicles being transported to the site of the siege at Dammartin-en-Goele, including helicopters and tanks. 5. 39 pm: The man suspected of killing a policewoman in a southern suburb of Paris on Thursday before fleeing the scene was a member of the same jihadist group as the Kouachi brothers, a police source told Reuters. 5. 10 pm: French official say phone contact has been made with terror suspects holding hostage northeast of Paris. 4. 40 pm: The hostage being held by the brothers is believed to be a woman, says Mail Online quoting police.4. 29 pm: "We're ready to die as martyrs," Charlie Hebdo killers have reportedly told negotiators as police surround their hideout in town near Paris airport.4.19 pm: Police surround Paris gunmen hiding inside building.Kouachi brothers3.55 pm: Phones not working in town after siege Reports say mobile phones are not longer working in the town. A woman working at the mayorâ€™s office told Le Monde this: "We are trapped inside; everyone has been shut inside. We are a bit like you, we're following everything online."3.51 pm: Reports say Special forces on top of the building in Dammartin-en-Goele where the suspected terrorists are hiding. 3.42 pm: French govt "almost certain" Charlie Hebdo suspects circledThe French government said there was little doubt that it had located the two main suspects in the Charlie Hebdo killings at a light industrial unit in northern France where police sources said earlier a hostage-taking was going on."We are almost certain it is those two individuals holed up in that building," Interior Ministry spokesman Pierre-Henry Brandet told iTELE television on Friday. (Agencies)3.41 pm: BBC reports that Charles de Gaulle airport has been partially closed to help police nab the attackers in Dammartin-en-Goele, some 8 miles from the airport. 3.30 pm: Paris massacre suspects have been cornered, say reports - It was not immediately clear how many people were being held hostage, according to a police source close to the investigation - French authorities raised the security alert to the highest possible level in the region of Picardy, to the northeast of Paris, as forces tightened their noose on the brothers, Cherif Kouachi, 32 and Said, 34. - Around 24 hours into the manhunt, the brothers were identified after holding up a petrol station 80 kilometres from Paris. - Helicopters buzzed overhead during the night and paramilitary forces were preparing to step up their house-to-house searches. Members of the French GIPN intervention police forces secure a neighbourhood in Longpont, northeast of Paris January 8, 2015. Reuters3. 37 pm: A BBC report says the area around Dammartin is filling up with French police and anti-terror forces and helicopters are hovering over the area.3.36 pm: Charlie Hebdo attackers are reportedly holed up in building near Paris airport with hostages.2.35 pm:  2 flights aborted landing at Charles-de-Gaulle airport. Shooting near the airport 2.26 pm: The Paris prosecutor has denied a radio report that at least 1 person was killed in a shootout preceding a hostage-taking in an industrial 
zone of the town of Dammartin-en-Goele2.24 pm: One person killed and several injured in shootout, say reports. 2.23 pm: Suspect in Paris attack Said Kouachi has visited Yemen in 2011 for religious studies: Senior Yemeni intelleginece source 2.22 pm: Paris attack suspect has met with late Al Qaeda preacher Anwar Al Awlaqi during his stay in Yemen: Senior intel source. 2.20 pm: A French security convoy and helicopters are rushing to the scene of an operation to detain two brothers suspected in the deadly storming of a French satirical newspaper that killed 12 French anti-terrorism police converged on an area northeast of Paris on Thursday. Reuters A member of the French GIPN intervention police forces secure a neighbourhood in Corcy, northeast of Paris January 8, 2015. ReutersThe siege in action2.17 pm: French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve says an operation is underway to detain two brothers suspected in the newsroom massacre 2.17 pm: Police SWAT teams have swarmed a region north of Paris, fearing a second strike by the suspects, who are described in a nationwide notice as "armed and dangerous" French police during the siege2.16 pm: 88 Thousands of French security forces have mobilised to find the brothers after the attack on the Charlie Hebdo offices File photo of the building where the terrorists are hiding 2.15 pm: The Kouchi brothers stole a Peugeot on Friday morning in the town of Montagny Sainte Felicite, about 50 kilometers (30 miles) northeast of Paris, the official said. 2.12 pm: Brothers Cherif and Said Kouachi have reportedly stolen a Peugeot 206 in Dammartin-en-GoÃ«le and set off on the A2 motorway towards Paris with a hostage, French radio says.{mosimage} 2.13 pm: Shots have reportedly been fired in a car chase with the brothers.2.14 pm: There are fears they have taken hostages on a 'martyrdom mission' towards Paris, says Mail Online.2.15 pm: A big police convoy is now chasing the two on the road towards Paris.{mosimage}{mosimage}{mosimage}



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