Hostage drama as Paris massacre suspects cornered (STA BREAKING NEWS and ARCHIVES)

by Theresa , Friday, January 09, 2015, 06:47

Two brothers suspected of slaughtering 12 people in an Islamist attack on French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo seized a hostage Friday as police cornered the gunmen northeast of the capital in a dramatic climax to the manhunt.

Snipers were deployed on roofs and helicopters swooped low over a small printing business in the town of Dammartin-en-Goele, only 12 kilometres (seven miles) from Paris's main Charles de Gaulle airport.

Ahead of the stand-off, police had already exchanged fire with the pair in a high-speed car chase. Prosecutors told AFP there had been "no casualties reported" in the immediate aftermath of the shoot-out.

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