Earlier today a gunman — possibly the same terrorist who shot and killed a policewoman on Thursday — took hostages at a kosher grocery store in Paris. There are now reports that the standoff is over and the hostage-taker is dead:
BREAKING: Police official: Hostage taker at Paris kosher grocery killed in security raid.
— The Associated Press (@AP) January 9, 2015
French police special forces pictured as they launched assault on Paris grocery store http://t.co/S2qcqaJEXj pic.twitter.com/Hom6g3Viv5
— Daily Mail Online (@MailOnline) January 9, 2015
RT @harryfear: The moment police stormed the Kosher delicatessen in east #Paris pic.twitter.com/PnavTjDKkm
— David Beard (@dabeard) January 9, 2015
BREAKING: Hostage taker at Kosher supermarket siege in eastern Paris dead: Le Monde http://t.co/MK4AastvZD
— Reuters (@Reuters) January 9, 2015
https://twitter.com/AnneBayefsky/status/553591230639403009
This is the picture the world will come to know. Jewish Hostages freed from Kosher Supermarket. pic.twitter.com/KIYTdHabjv
— Chaskel Bennett (@ChaskelBennett) January 9, 2015
DRAMATIC PHOTO: A child being led away from scene of Paris Kosher grocery siege, that ended minutes ago pic.twitter.com/6fAi0Wtgku
— Lisa Daftari (@LisaDaftari) January 9, 2015
There are reports that all hostages who were held in the kosher grocery store are safe. Great news if true:
https://twitter.com/GerardAraud/status/553592824495865856
Proud of our police forces! Thank you.
— Gérard Araud (@GerardAraud) January 9, 2015
Update: Reports of no hostage casualties unfortunately don’t appear to be accurate:
Some hostages died in the #Paris grocery siege, French media are reporting.
— CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) January 9, 2015
At least four hostages feared dead in climax to Paris siege http://t.co/3B3oVIzbhg
— Daily Mail Online (@MailOnline) January 9, 2015
BREAKING: Police officials: At least 4 dead, including gunman, in Paris kosher grocery hostage crisis.
— The Associated Press (@AP) January 9, 2015
Editor’s note: This post has been updated with additional tweets and to remove redundant tweets.
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