BREAKING (AJE): Armed man holding hostages at Kosher supermarket in Paris

[brooklynite]

Police believe the gunman is the same person who killed a police woman yesterday, and knows the Kouachi brothers.

[Recursion]

1. Merde

[renegade000]

2. complete speculation here, but

This might be the third Charlie Hedbo attacker (as the officials seem fairly confident there were three people involved).
The 18 year old whose ID was found probably has some, if likely weak, link to the attackers, and had the misfortune of
being used as a red herring.

[B2G]

3. He turned himself in 2 days ago. nt

[renegade000]

12. the 18 y/o they named yes.

But he quickly turned himself in, and many of his classmates are adamant that he was in school the day of the attacks.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/charlie-hebdo-classmates-protest-innocence-of-suspect-hamyd-mourad-18-with-school-alibi-9965581.html

I suppose that doesn't preclude him from being an accessory in some way, but I think the fact that there is indeed a third armed man running around killing police and taking hostages makes the scenario were Hamyd Mourad was a patsy or red herring for the three attackers more likely.

[B2G]

13. Completely possible. nt

[PCIntern]

4. Horrendous...

I recall when the Jewish shop was attacked in Mumbai - and many said it was a 'random' choice of targets. Yeah...there are just SO MANY Jewish businesses in India..

These people are at War...no one is safe when they are in a war zone. No one. They are letting us know this: Jewish, Christian, Secular Muslim...no one.

[Recursion]

6. The Jewish population is about 6000

There really are quite a few Jewish businesses in Mumbai.

[branford]

7. 6000 out of a population of 12 million over an area of 233 sq. miles is statistically insignificant.

Attacking a Jewish business in Mumbai is either intentional or very "lucky."

[Recursion]

11. 18 million

And most of the Jews and Parsees are all in one neighborhood.

Sort of like how idiot Americans attack Sikhs while looking for Muslims...

Anyways. I agree it probably wasn't random. But the Jewish neighborhood here is pretty cool.

[B2G]

5. I'm seeing on twitter that it's a jewish grocery store

Several women being held hostage.

[brooklynite]

8. UPDATE: 2 people killed, per AFP

[cwydro]

9. I've heard 5 hostages

possibly women.

[Rhinodawg]

10. F****** animals.

[TexasMommaWithAHat]

14. They aren't animals

I would never nail an animal's balls to the floor and set the building on fire, which is what I'd like to do with these vile creatures. Although it appears that one suspect is a woman, so I'll have to think about that one.

[MohRokTah]

15. Guman in the gocery is demanding the release of the two brothers in the other standoff.

Definite link between the two right there.