We’re waking up to more horrible news out of France this morning as there are multiple reports that two of the suspects in the Charlie Hebdo terror attack, brothers Chérif and Said Kouachi, are in a hostage standoff with French security forces in the town of Dammartin-en-Goele:
Hundreds of police at siege in Dammartin-en-Goele. Follow our #CharlieHebdo coverage: http://t.co/jMOZXPaSOJ pic.twitter.com/kPAlm9TQwQ
— BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking) January 9, 2015
Field near printers has become a makeshift helicopter pad for airforce and gendarmerie Puma helicopters #charliehebdo pic.twitter.com/O5VQOFpWlV
— Robert Nisbet (@MrRobertNisbet) January 9, 2015
Paris Terror Suspects Exchange Fire With Police, Take Hostage http://t.co/tX2U5N4BWY
— Intelligencer (@intelligencer) January 9, 2015
Twitter user in France shows us tank near the hostage scene (pic: heathcliff omalley) http://t.co/bUwNUgGO8u via @TheLouisAlb
— Roop Raj (@rooprajfox2) January 9, 2015
French Interior minister: Suspects holed-up in printing company, holding at least 1 hostage – http://t.co/CoH7zjBeax pic.twitter.com/OV2bG4Sq9R
— ABC News (@ABC) January 9, 2015
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Update: Standoff with suspected #CharlieHebdo suspects ongoing near Paris http://t.co/c1WjVd4FbC Photo via @AP pic.twitter.com/v4Jr3Qn4yp
— The Boston Globe (@BostonGlobe) January 9, 2015
#ParisShooting: Kouachi brothers believed to be holed up in this building, with one hostage: http://t.co/2J4WQdJnTp pic.twitter.com/OpFdeWVt82
— Telegraph Breaking News (@TelegraphNews) January 9, 2015
https://twitter.com/wsj/status/553505458162782208
Updates to follow.
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