Postpublished at 12:20 Greenwich Mean Time 9 January 2015
tweets, external this picture from Dammartin-en-Goele:
Image source, @Dys_CamerenoisSummary
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
Postpublished at 12:20 Greenwich Mean Time 9 January 2015
Image source, @Dys_CamerenoisPostpublished at 12:15 Greenwich Mean Time 9 January 2015
A French Interior Ministry spokesman says there have been no deaths in shootings on Friday. Earlier media reports suggesting one person had been killed were wrong, he adds.
Tweet @BBC_HaveYourSaypublished at 12:13 Greenwich Mean Time 9 January 2015
Alec Glen tweets, external: I can't imagine them being captured alive but we need to learn from these people to understand how to avoid future problems.
Get involvedpublished at 12:13 Greenwich Mean Time 9 January 2015
Frederick has emailed to say: "Let police use tear gas to force these bandits out!! Negotiations should not be a priority. One or two more lives maybe lost but these bandits must be stopped. Otherwise this might go on for hours."
Postpublished at 12:12 Greenwich Mean Time 9 January 2015
Le Figaro newspaper says that primary and nursery-aged children are being confined in a Dammartin school. Carpets have been placed over the windows and police are guarding the entrance.
Anais Ginori, Journalist, La Repubblicapublished at 12:08 Greenwich Mean Time 9 January 2015
tweets:, external The high school boys of #Dammartin affaciati. 'Soon we will be evacuated'. We are 1 km from the siege. (translated)
Image source, Anais GinoriPostpublished at 12:06 Greenwich Mean Time 9 January 2015
These are the photos released earlier in the week by police of the suspects, brothers Cherif and Said Kouachi. You can find more about them in this BBC piece.
Image source, AFPPostpublished at 12:02 Greenwich Mean Time 9 January 2015
Piers Scholfield, BBC Paris
tweets:, external Dammartin town hall confirms to BBC one hostage has been taken at CTD (printing complex)
'Shut inside'published at 11:57 Greenwich Mean Time 9 January 2015
Dammartin resident Sarah Delaunay tells the BBC: "We're shut inside. We cant' go out, we're about 500m away (from the printing compound). The town streets are deserted."
Postpublished at 11:55 Greenwich Mean Time 9 January 2015
Audrey Taupenas, spokeswoman for the town of Dammartin-en-Goele, has told the Associated Press that officials have established phone contact with the suspects in order to negotiate the safe evacuation of a nearby school. She said the suspects had agreed.
Postpublished at 11:55 Greenwich Mean Time 9 January 2015
Chris Morris
BBC News, Dammartin-en-Goelereports that the situation is "pretty calm" now in the town, and police have established "a secure perimeter" around the building where the suspects are believed to be hiding. "I can see the roof of the building," our correspondent adds.
Tweet @BBC_HaveYourSaypublished at 11:54 Greenwich Mean Time 9 January 2015
Norman Jones tweets, external: Martyrs die for faith; if gunmen are killed it will because they are barbaric, inhuman thugs, not because of their faith.
Postpublished at 11:54 Greenwich Mean Time 9 January 2015
Officials from the town council say pupils from three schools are being evacuated from their buildings in Dammartin-en-Goele.
The children are to be reunited with their parents at a nearby gymnasium.
Postpublished at 11:43 Greenwich Mean Time 9 January 2015
The massive security operation continuing in Dammartin-en-Goele is on the third day of the manhunt for the Charlie Hebdo massacre suspects. Here are a couple of images from the scene.
Image source, AP
Image source, AFPBrian Ging, Journalist, Al-Jazeerapublished at 11:40 Greenwich Mean Time 9 January 2015
tweets:, external We're now in convoy with police on way to a press conference in dammartin.
Image source, Brian GingPostpublished at 11:35 Greenwich Mean Time 9 January 2015
There have been unconfirmed media reports that the hostage involved in the siege is a woman.
Postpublished at 11:34 Greenwich Mean Time 9 January 2015
French police say there is a "connection" between a suspect identified in a fatal policewoman shooting south of Paris on Thursday and the two brothers suspected of attacking Charlie Hebdo magazine, according to the AFP news agency.
Tweet @BBC_HaveYourSaypublished at 11:32 Greenwich Mean Time 9 January 2015
Delphine Cuthbert tweets: I think French police are doing an outstanding job in what is a most extremely difficult and dangerous situation.
Postpublished at 11:31 Greenwich Mean Time 9 January 2015
Alfred de Montesquiou, a journalist for Paris Match magazine who is at the scene, tells the BBC World Service programme Outside Source: "It's raining heavily but it's just extremely tense. Ambulances are arriving at the location. So is that pre-emptive or is that because there are injured? I don't know."
Get in touchpublished at 11:31 Greenwich Mean Time 9 January 2015
Paul Tonge emails: "I hope and pray the French authorities can bring the siege to a close fast, without casualties."