French Police kill Three Hostage Takers
French police have stormed two hostage sites in the Paris area, killing three hostage takers.
Two brothers suspected of the Charlie Hebdo magazine shootings were killed in an assault at a warehouse where they had held a hostage north of Paris.
In the second incident, anti-terror forces stormed a supermarket in eastern Paris where several hostages were being held by another gunman.
Four hostages at the supermarket were killed.
According to online media reports BBC It is not clear whether they were killed before or after the police assault began.
Another four hostages were seriously injured, but 15 were freed alive, The hostage taker at the kosher supermarket is believed to have had links to the two Charlie Hebdo suspects.
After the police operation started, several hostages could be seen leaving the Hypercacher supermarket.
Two police officers were injured in the rescue operation, AP reported.
In the first incident, a hostage at the warehouse in Dammartin-en-Goele, 35km (22 miles) north of Paris was also freed, while a police officer at the scene was injured, AFP news agency said.
The two Gunmen are believed to have shot dead 12 people at the Paris office of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in an apparent militant Islamist attack on Wednesday.
Four of the magazine's well-known cartoonists, including its editor, were among those killed, as well as two police officers.
Two brothers suspected of the Charlie Hebdo magazine shootings were killed in an assault at a warehouse where they had held a hostage north of Paris.
In the second incident, anti-terror forces stormed a supermarket in eastern Paris where several hostages were being held by another gunman.
Four hostages at the supermarket were killed.
According to online media reports BBC It is not clear whether they were killed before or after the police assault began.
Another four hostages were seriously injured, but 15 were freed alive, The hostage taker at the kosher supermarket is believed to have had links to the two Charlie Hebdo suspects.
After the police operation started, several hostages could be seen leaving the Hypercacher supermarket.
Two police officers were injured in the rescue operation, AP reported.
In the first incident, a hostage at the warehouse in Dammartin-en-Goele, 35km (22 miles) north of Paris was also freed, while a police officer at the scene was injured, AFP news agency said.
The two Gunmen are believed to have shot dead 12 people at the Paris office of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in an apparent militant Islamist attack on Wednesday.
Four of the magazine's well-known cartoonists, including its editor, were among those killed, as well as two police officers.