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
French police have put out an appeal, external for witnesses to yesterday's shooting in Montrouge. They are looking for two people: a woman called Hayat Boumeddiene and a man called Amedy Coulibaly.
Image source, TwitterThese pictures were taken from a restaurant close to the Paris shooting scene (we are attributing the pictures in order to protect the safety of the photographer):
Image source, Mickaël LeDoux Lagarde
Image source, Mickaël LeDoux LagardeLisa Louis
BBC News, Paris
French media are reporting that a police source told them the hostage-taker in Paris initiated contact with the police.
AFP is reporting that, according to a source close to the inquiry, at least two people are dead in the hostage situation in Paris. The BBC is unable to immediately confirm this.
The Yemeni intelligence source adds that Said Kouachi stayed with an al-Qaeda-linked person and later joined the group's military training camp located in a mountainous area.
One of the two suspects in the Charlie Hebdo shootings, Said Kouachi, travelled to Yemen illegally via sea in 2011, a Yemeni intelligence source tells Abdullah Ghorab, a BBC Arabic correspondent in Yemen.
The attacker of the kosher shop in Paris was seen carrying two machine guns, reports in the French media say.
who we are not naming for safety reasons, tweeted this picture from scene of suspected shooting in eastern Paris:
Image source, @FiaxhsA lockdown is now in place in schools close to the reported shooting at the Jewish shop, according to the AFP news agency.
Reports suggest that several hostages, including women and children, may have been taken in a Jewish shop in eastern Paris.
Heavily-armed police units have been seen moving towards to the scene of the reported shooting in Paris.
Image source, OtherThe BBC's Imelda Flattery tweets, external: Police in Dammartin say they will hold a press conference in the town "after the event is resolved".
French media say a hostage has been taken at the Jewish shop at Porte de Vincennes in Paris. There are suggestions that the gunman may be the one who shot dead a policewoman on Thursday. Police are now evacuating the area.
The BBC's Lyse Doucet tweets, external: Police surrounding 2 suspects moving "cautiously & slowly" since men "highly dangerous & armed" says Int Min spokesman BBC #charliehebdo
Reports are now coming in of a shooting in a Jewish shop in south-eastern Paris.
French anti-terrorist forces surrounding the printing complex want to "establish a dialogue" with the suspects and have not launched an assault, French Interior Ministry spokesman Pierre-Henry Brandet is quoted by Reuters.
"This can take a long time, hours and sometimes days," he adds.
tweets: , externalConvoy of busses headed in. Several ambulances with lights and sirens just came out. #JeSuisCharlie #CharlieHebdo.
Image source, Chris O'Brien
Journal du Dimanche's Juliette Demey tweets:, external Twelve school buses arrive at #Dammartin to evacuate students in the city under police escort, according to the district commissioner #JDD
French special forces have established a security perimeter around the printing complex in Dammartin-en-Goele. Here, they are seen positioned on a house roof.
Image source, ReutersDaniel Sharpe emailed to say: "My heart goes out to the victims and police of France today. They are doing a fantastic job in protecting the French public. Je Suis Charlie."