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26. Four hostages are dead

Reply to Bosonic (Original post)

Fri Jan 9, 2015, 03:31 PM

Jan 2015

But four hostages were killed and five injured at the supermarket, although it was not immediately clear how many of those may have been shot in the final assault. Five hostages were reported to have been freed unharmed, a senior French police official said.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/10/world/europe/charlie-hebdo-paris-shooting.html

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New hostage situation reported in Paris grocery [View all] Bosonic Jan 2015 OP

Holy shit leftynyc Jan 2015 #1

here's a live stream from bbc: barbtries Jan 2015 #4

At a kosher supermarket, via the BBC (nt) muriel_volestrangler Jan 2015 #2

Sounds like a copycat. joshcryer Jan 2015 #3

the article says that this person is a member of the same jihadist group, ellenrr Jan 2015 #5

If it continues to escalate, yeah. joshcryer Jan 2015 #6

NBC reports head of UK MI5 says groups in Syria encourage attacks by "lone wolves" LiberalEsto Jan 2015 #9

news reports acribe them to the same group as the Charlie killers. nt ellenrr Jan 2015 #16

At least five hostages in Paris kosher supermarket: source Bosonic Jan 2015 #7

France: Shooting, hostage-taking in eastern Paris Bosonic Jan 2015 #8

At least two killed in hostage drama east of Paris: source Bosonic Jan 2015 #10

French police post mugshots of two suspects, according. to BBC LiberalEsto Jan 2015 #12

reTHUGliCONS will be blaming President Obama in bearssoapbox Jan 2015 #11

Police confirm two dead LiberalEsto Jan 2015 #13

Hostage-taker at Paris market linked to newspaper attack Bosonic Jan 2015 #14

Kosher shops also offend the prophet. n/t Yo_Mama Jan 2015 #15

Update on the suspected gunman brooklynite Jan 2015 #17

(probably) Being stormed now Bosonic Jan 2015 #18

BBC says they've heard 5 explosions, but no gunfire so far (nt) muriel_volestrangler Jan 2015 #19

Whoah, now it is getting a lot worse treestar Jan 2015 #20

Police walking 3 -4 people out to ambulances now from the grocery store Sunlei Jan 2015 #21

AFP on Twitter: several hostages freed; hostage-taker 'neutralised' muriel_volestrangler Jan 2015 #22

Thanks for the Twitter live updates. Hope this 'terror-group' was a small group.... Sunlei Jan 2015 #23

The girlfriend of the supermarket hostage-take has not yet been captured muriel_volestrangler Jan 2015 #25

Emergency workers working 'urgently' on a casualty in an ambulance muriel_volestrangler Jan 2015 #24

Four hostages are dead question everything Jan 2015 #26