UPDATE: Gunshots, explosions heard at the sites of two standoffs in France What we know so far about the France standoffs: - The suspects in Wednesday’s Charlie Hebdo shooting, Said Kouachi and Cherif Kouachi, are in a printing building in Dammartin-en-Goele, France and are reported to have at least one hostage - Earlier, there had been a high-speed car chase along the nearby A2 motorway near Paris - Shots were fired when the suspects stole the car early Friday morning - Despite earlier reports of casualties in the latest confrontation with the suspects, France’s Interior Ministry says no one has been killed - In a separate but possibly linked incident, at least five people have been taken hostage at a kosher grocery store in eastern Pariss Porte de Vincennes - At least one person is severely wounded and the gunman has threatened to kill hostages if authorities storm the suspected Charlie Hebdo attackers hideout - A police source identified the hostage taker to AP as Amedy Coulibaly, who is a suspect in Thursdays killing of a policewoman in Pariss Montrouge area, and said a woman named Hayet Boumddiene is his accomplice - The Kouachis and Coulibaly are alleged to be connected to the radical Buttes Chaumont network Developing story: trib.al/qOv49La
Posted on: Fri, 09 Jan 2015 16:00:56 +0000
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