Paris Gunman Threatens to Kill Hostages if Cops Storm Charlie Killers
In a separate hostage situation unfolding in France today, police have surrounded a kosher market in eastern Paris where a gunman believed to be responsible for Thursday's killing of a police officer and injuring a street sweeper has reportedly taken several hostages, including children.
One person, the Belfast Telegraph reports, has been injured after shots were fired.
Update, 8:28 a.m.: Agence France-Presse is reporting two people have been killed in the standoff.
Update, 8:41 a.m.: Police have identified two suspects wanted in connection to today's hostage situation: Amedy Coulibaly and Hayat Boumeddiene.
Hayat Boumeddienne et Amedy Coulibaly #Montrouge #Vincennes Cc @FrDesouche pic.twitter.com/Jzx5Rfqaa7
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One of suspects is said to be 32 years old, with a long criminal record for thefts drug-related offences, and implicated in the same criminal investigation as Cherif Kouachi.
BREAKING: Police official: Hostage-taker at Paris market appears linked to newspaper attack suspects.
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Update, 8:52 a.m.: A source tells Reuters that Amedy Coulibaly trained in the same terrorist cell as Charlie Hebdo shooters Cherif and Said Kouachi.
Update, 9:20 a.m.: Between five and six have reportedly taken hostage, some "gravely wounded." A police official told The Guardian that a gunman yelled, "You know who I am!" as he opened fire.
Update, 10:02 a.m.: The Paris Public Prosecutor's Office has confirmed to ABC News that the two hostages situation are related.
Update, 10:25 a.m.:
Paris police: Market gunman threatens to kill hostages if police storm terrorist brothers
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Update, 11:19 a.m.: In an apparent two-pronged attack, police have stormed both hostage situations.
#BREAKING Three explosions as commandos launch assault on Paris Jewish supermarket
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BREAKING: Hostages seen being escorted from Paris supermarket
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