There is a breaking story out of France with reports of a gunman — possibly the same terrorist who shot and killed a policewoman on Thursday — taking hostages at a kosher grocery store in Paris:
#BREAKING – One person has been injured in the shootout at kosher grocery store in Porte de #Vincennes http://t.co/uel0jveeWP
— FRANCE 24 (@FRANCE24) January 9, 2015
#BREAKING – Hostage taken at kosher shop in Paris by ‘suspect in police officer shooting' http://t.co/YlzLFhWMrS
— FRANCE 24 English (@France24_en) January 9, 2015
BREAKING: At least one injured at shooting at Paris-area kosher grocery. One hostage being held http://t.co/PBs3sMwhLt
— Haaretz.com (@haaretzcom) January 9, 2015
BREAKING: Hostage taken at kosher deli in Paris by gunman who killed cop yesterday http://t.co/vQMplUv5Qu
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) January 9, 2015
Shooting at Porte de Vincennes in Paris at kosher grocery store. Possible hostage. [pic.twitter.com/6Rw19yKFM5 – @alexiscorbiere] #ParisAttacks
— Amichai Stein (@AmichaiStein1) January 9, 2015
This is a developing story and we’ll update it as soon as we know more.
Updates:
Photo of man that is holding hostages in the second location in #Paris pic.twitter.com/nc0lFlm93c
— Conflict News (@Conflicts) January 9, 2015
#BREAKING – At least 2 dead in hostage standoff in Paris Kosher supermarket (AFP) http://t.co/OYSXRQ9xuv pic.twitter.com/SQUsZcitcO
— FRANCE 24 English (@France24_en) January 9, 2015
BREAKING: 2 dead in second standoff in Paris; the jihadists are holding women & children hostage
— FOX & friends (@foxandfriends) January 9, 2015
Update 2:
France's interior ministry has denied 2 people were killed in kosher market hostage situation, say media reports
— CityNews Toronto (@CityNews) January 9, 2015
Editor’s note: This post has been updated with additional tweets.
Editor’s note 2: An earlier version of this post misidentified the date of the shooting of the policewoman. It occurred on Thursday, not Wednesday.
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