Four hostages killed as jihadist gunman’s seige of Kosher Paris deli ends

At least four hostages have been killed at the end of siege at a Paris supermarket involving a jihadist gunman. Commandos launched the assault at the supermarket 20 minutes after explosions at a second siege on the outskirts of Paris. Six explosions were heard at the supermarket in the east of Paris and several hostages were seen running from the store. It was initially hoped all hostages had been saved. The hostage-taker has also been killed, sources say. Two police officers were also hurt in the raid on the shop in Porte de Vincennes. Sources reported police managed to hack video surveillance at the market to keep a close eye on what was happening inside. It is also understood officers were secretly communicating by phone with one of the hostages.

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How the gunman announced his arrival in the market

The gunman at the Kosher store had threatened to kill the hostages if police moved in on two brothers holding another hostage in a print-works near Charles de Gaulle airport. It is understood police may have managed to close down communication between the two groups of hostage-takers. The hostage taker is believed to be one of the suspects who killed a policewoman in Montrouge, southern Paris, on Thursday. French police released mugshots of a man and a woman linked to the policewoman killing, saying they were armed and dangerous. They were named as Amedy Coulibaly, 32, and Hayat Boumeddiene, 26. The two are believed to have ties to brothers Said and Cherif Kouachi, the French nationals linked to al Qaeda in Yemen who stormed the Charlie Hebdo magazine on Wednesday, killing 12 people.

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