Two Killed in New Paris Hostage Standoff at Kosher Grocery Shop

[oberliner]

Source: Newsweek

At least two people have been killed in a shooting at a kosher grocery in Porte de Vincennes, in eastern Paris. The police have now released the names and mugshots of a man and women who are wanted in connection with the siege and also to the shooting of a policewoman on Thursday.

They have been named as Amedy Coulibaly and Hayat Boumeddiene and the French police have warned that they are dangerous and possibly armed.

France’s anti-terrorism prosecutor had earlier confirmed that an armed man has taken at least five people hostage in the grocery, which is called Hyper Cacher. Agence France-Presse (AFP) reported that police have blocked off the roads near the shop, and have surrounded the building. Nearby schools have been put into lockdown.

Read more: http://www.newsweek.com/third-shooting-paris-hostage-taken-kosher-grocery-shop-298082

[TexasMommaWithAHat]

1. This is sad.

I hope remaining hostages can survive this.

As an fyi for those who may not know, the police woman who was killed a couple of days earlier was also on patrol very near here.