Porte de Vincennes
Dual Hostage Crisis Results in Death of Three Suspects, Four Hostages
The two hostage incidents that unfolded in France on Friday resulted in the death of three suspects and four hostages.
The suspected perpetrators of the January 7 Charlie Hebdo shooting brothers Cherif Kouachi and Said Kouachi took a hostage in a printing plant northeast of Paris in the town of Dammartin-en-Goele on Friday.
Perpetrators, Hostages Killed as French Security Forces Storm Both Hostage Sites
The French security forces stormed almost simultaneously both hostage sites - the kosher supermarket in Porte de Vincennes district in Paris and the printing shop in the town of Dammartin-en-Goele.
The suspected Charlie Hebdo gunmen, who had taken a hostage at a printing shop in Dammartin on Friday, were killed in the assault, the BBC reports.
Shootout in Paris Jewish Shop: Uncertanity Looms about Number of Dead
Police have denied their own previous reports that two people had been killed after a shootout in a Kosher supermarket in Paris, France.
An unknown number of people are being held hostage.