Summary

  • 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

  1. Postpublished at 06:39 Greenwich Mean Time 8 January 2015

    Thursday will see France observe a rare day of national mourning, with a minute's silence to be held at midday. There has been horror and revulsion to the attack around the world, with vigils held in major cities.

  2. Postpublished at 06:39 Greenwich Mean Time 8 January 2015

    Welcome to our live coverage, bringing you the latest on the attacks on the Paris offices of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo. Twelve people, including some of France's best known cartoonists, were killed when masked gunmen raided the building. French police are hunting for two brothers, Cherif and Said Kouachi, named as suspects in the incident.