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. Tweet @BBC_HaveYourSaypublished at 11:24 Greenwich Mean Time 9 January 2015

    Stan tweets, external: I would love them to be captured but they will just spread their idiotic ideology throughout our prisons.

  2. Postpublished at 11:24 Greenwich Mean Time 9 January 2015

    Historic images have emerged of a printing compound where the two suspects are believed to be hiding in Dammartin-en-Goele.

    A printing compound in Dammartin-en-GoeleImage source, Google
  3. Postpublished at 11:21 Greenwich Mean Time 9 January 2015

    The Daily Telegraph is reporting that police are moving journalists away from the industrial complex into the town of Dammartin-en-Goele, ahead of an expected statement.

  4. Jon Williams, Foreign editor @ABCpublished at 11:19 Greenwich Mean Time 9 January 2015

    tweets:, external 200 kids aged 3-10 locked inside Henry Dunant elementary school, 500 yards from siege. Principal says pupils singing songs to keep calm.

  5. Postpublished at 11:17 Greenwich Mean Time 9 January 2015

    French police are standing guard outside the Paris headquarters of the Liberation paper, which is now housing the remaining staff of Charlie Hebdo magazine.

    French police officers stand guard in front of the headquarters of French newspaper Liberation as editorial staff of French satirical weekly newspaper Charlie Hebdo and Liberation meet, on January 9, 2015 in ParisImage source, AFP/Getty
  6. Get in touchpublished at 11:16 Greenwich Mean Time 9 January 2015

    Lots of messages discussing what should happen to the attackers; Nathan texts to say: "Ideally they need capturing yes, but it will be practically impossible to do so with their agenda."

  7. Tweet @BBC_HaveYourSaypublished at 11:15 Greenwich Mean Time 9 January 2015

    Aaron McConville tweets, external: Do not give these men what they want. Do not let them die as martyrs. They must be punished for their actions.

  8. Postpublished at 11:12 Greenwich Mean Time 9 January 2015

    Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten, external says it will not republish Charlie Hebdo's cartoons about Islam because of security concerns.

    The paper, which angered Muslims by publishing cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad 10 years ago, said: "Concerns for employee safety are paramount. We are also aware that we therefore bow to violence and intimidation."

  9. Email the BBCpublished at 11:11 Greenwich Mean Time 9 January 2015

    Ken in Bordeaux emails in response to Ryder Davison, who questioned the delay in capturing the attackers: "If the heavily armed French police units had been able to respond fast enough and trap them in Paris, would they choose to have a shoot-out in a highly-populated area? With multiple civilian targets? As much as the current situation with possible hostage or hostages is horrible, it's preferable to a bloodbath with the possibility of more multiple innocents dying."

  10. Postpublished at 11:10 Greenwich Mean Time 9 January 2015

    Dammartin-en-Goele resident Lyece Imshal tells BBC Radio 5 live: "Policemen are in the street. Everything is blocked. They told us to stay in the house, and to not go outside. It's like in a film, in a war movie. Everywhere there are helicopters."

  11. Postpublished at 11:07 Greenwich Mean Time 9 January 2015

    Jordan Malle, who is just outside Dammartin-en-Goele, tells BBC News that people in the area "are scared". Mr Malle says his sister works at the town's hospital, and preparations there are being made in case of the worst-case scenario.

  12. Postpublished at 11:07 Greenwich Mean Time 9 January 2015

    A look at what we know so far about the Charlie Hebdo killings and subsequent manhunt can be found here.

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  13. Postpublished at 11:05 Greenwich Mean Time 9 January 2015

    Christian Fraser
    BBC News, Paris

    reports that there is still "a very precarious situation" in the French capital. He says it is difficult to travel around the city because of a huge police presence.

  14. Get in touchpublished at 11:04 Greenwich Mean Time 9 January 2015

    Tony has emailed to say: "They should definitely not be taken alive. A trial will give them a platform to spread their message of hatred. They will become the focus of the media. Their victims will become overshadowed by the notoriety of their criminal deeds."

  15. Postpublished at 10:57 Greenwich Mean Time 9 January 2015

    France Info radio is reporting, external that a salesman shook the hand of one of the suspects when he arrived at the printing business early on Friday morning to meet the owner.

    "We all shook hands and my client told me to leave," he said. An armed man, whom he took to be a policeman, told him that he could go because they did not kill civilians. "I thought that was strange," he added.

  16. leela jacinto, Journalist France24published at 10:55 Greenwich Mean Time 9 January 2015

    tweets:, external Dammartin-en-Goele salesman tells France Inter he shook #CharlieHebdo suspect's hand thinking he was police officer.

  17. Postpublished at 10:52 Greenwich Mean Time 9 January 2015

    In Paris, armed security guards continue to patrol key sites - like the Eiffel Tower - across the French capital.

    Armed security guards patrol around the Eiffel Tower. Photo: 9 January 2015Image source, Getty Images
  18. Get in touchpublished at 10:49 Greenwich Mean Time 9 January 2015

    Steve Astbury emails: "They need capturing, not killing. Make them pay for what they have done. Let the courts and people of the world judge them and their activities."

  19. Get in touchpublished at 10:47 Greenwich Mean Time 9 January 2015

    Ryder Davison emails: The attack itself is perhaps no surprise and as hard as it is we must accept that it is impossible to protect the population from every risk. That said what is surprising (and worthy of serious criticism) is the inability of the French authorities to capture the killers who escaped in the middle of Paris in broad daylight.

  20. Cath Norris Trent, Reporter France24published at 10:46 Greenwich Mean Time 9 January 2015

    tweets:, external French Police tell residents of Dammartin to close shutters, get away from windows and stay indoors.