French forces storm two separate hostage sites in and around Paris on 9 January, killing three hostage takers
Charlie Hebdo suspects Said and Cherif Kouachi killed at a printing warehouse north of Paris
One employee trapped in the printing works was rescued
Hostage-taker, named by officials as Amedy Coulibaly, also killed in assault on Paris supermarket
Four hostages killed and another four seriously injured at the supermarket, officials say
Myles Neave emails: In a modern, civilised society, people should be allowed to criticise whatever they like, and people who take violent action on those criticisms do not belong in that society. It's time for rational, clear thinking people to stop tip-toeing around religion, for fear of offending someone, and stand up and declare that we find these outdated, violent, and backward customs, to be deeply offensive.
Alan emails: Bill Tidy is wrong, Of course religion should be satirised. It is a powerful institution that should be held to account. I am a Roman Catholic who watched Father Ted rip it to shreds with humour and satire. This is not the problem, the omnipotent response of religious crusaders is where the fault lies.
Image source, AFPThis picture shows a special police unit at the scene of the shooting in Montrouge. A policewoman was shot dead by the attacker, who was reported to be wearing a bullet-proof vest.
The French and other flags fly at half mast at the European Parliament. EU staff have held a two-minutes' silence.
Image source, ReutersThe second victim who was shot in Montrouge, near Paris, is said to be in a serious condition, AFP news agency reports. Police have not confirmed any link between Thursday's shooting and the killings at Charlie Hebdo.
French President Francois Hollande says the country has been "struck in the heart" of its capital city over the attacks on Charlie Hendo, AP reports. Mr Hollande spoke during a national day of mourning.
A special police brigade appears to be preparing to enter a building at the scene of this morning's shooting. Press and public are being moved away from the scene, a BBC Paris producer Luci Bonnor reports.
The other person injured alongside the female police officer who died in the shooting in Montrouge, a suburb to the south-west of Paris, worked as a street sweeper, news agency AP reports.
British newspaper front pages are dominated by the Charlie Hebdo attack, with headlines such as "War on freedom" and "An assault on democracy". You can read what they had to say here
Jack Reynolds in Austria emails: Surely peaceful co-existence can work only if we respect human beings first and foremost. Religions are organisations that do not in some cases tolerate freedom of speech thereby making themselves targets for ridicule and rejection. If Islam means Peace, then it is high time it was demonstrated.
Matt emails: Someone has said: "But we also have to understand what freedom of speech really means. We can not use this freedom to ridicule any religion, if we all want to co-exist then we respect every religion" Core values of Western civilization are that we can discuss, laugh, ridicule any ideas, this is how we discover, for ourselves, where the truth is. To deny the right to laugh from the idea is an attempt to limit how people think, it is attempt to make people think the same way… and I'm sorry but that is unacceptable. Monty Python's Life of Brian might have aroused a discussion, but I don't think any Christians took machine guns and went out hunting the actors. This is an example of our values and I agree that as a sign of unity all newspapers should publish some cartoons!
Image source, AFPThis image obtained by AFP from a French police source shows a reproduction of the ID card of one of the brothers - Said Kouachi - found in the car left by the two suspects of the Charlie Hebdo attack.
Gail emails: They should bring back the death penalty for terrorist crimes. After all it is TREASON. I just do not understand these people at all. They murder and maim if people have free speech and yet they think they alone have the right to express what they believe in without according others the same right. They are a disgrace to humanity. We know which countries are funding these animals, so why are there no sanctions against them, freezing of assets etc. They are quick to sanction Russia, so why not these countries? #JESUISCHARLIE
Gary in London emails: Passing some of the blame to the victims at Charlie Hebdo, saying that they went too far with the cartoons is like blaming a rape victim saying that being raped is her fault for dressing provocatively. Surely there is a connection, but only the perpetrators to be blamed since it was their decision to carry out the attack and kill people.
Regarding the explosion in Villefranche-sur-Saone, near Lyon, the town's deputy mayor Bernard Perrut says: "It is apparently linked to the dramatic situation [in Paris]. The restaurant is independently managed by people close to the mosque... and is where people attending the mosque gather, as do others."
Image source, Josiah GanJosiah Gan emailed his cartoon, saying: "Art is an expression and to respond to art with violence puts man below animals, even animals would not response with violence with an art they do not understand. #JesuisCharlie"
Danish cartoonist Kurt Westergaard, who received death threats after drawing a caricature of the Prophet Muhammad 10 years ago, says the only proper response for satirists "would be [to] publish - but I don't think it will be done". He told the BBC World Service's World Update programme, external "freedom of expression must prevail".
The Charlie Hebdo attack has sparked a huge amount of media coverage and reaction around the world. Here's a flavour from BBC Monitoring:
the story dominates Europe's front pages. One picture in particular, of a black-clad gunman shooting dead an injured policeman lying on the pavement, is used again and again. "Attack on freedom" is a headline echoed in many European capitals
the attack is the top story in most Middle East newspapers and featured in morning news bulletins across the region. It's also the most commented on and circulated in Arab social media
it was the leading story on major Russian TV channels this morning
Major Chinese papers are also reporting the story on their front pages, with detailed coverage in their international news sections.
The female police officer who was shot near a metro station in Montrouge, south of Paris, has died, according to police sources.
Image source, ReutersPolice assist a woman at the scene of a shooting in Montrouge near Paris, which has left a a police officer and a second person seriously injured initial reports suggest. The person who carried out the shooting is believed to be at large.