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Paris attacks: Two hostage sieges end, gunmen killed after police raids
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Jan 9, 2015
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Paris attacks: Two hostage sieges end, gunmen killed after police raids
Three gunmen, including the two suspects in the Charlie Hebdo massacre, were killed today as police ended two separate hostage sieges in and around Paris.
Members of the French police special forces launch the assault at a kosher grocery store in Porte de Vincennes, eastern Paris, where at least two people were shot dead on January 9, 2015 during a hostage-taking drama at a Jewish supermarket in eastern Paris, and five people were being held, official sources told AFP. Several hostages were freed after French commandos stormed a Jewish supermarket in eastern Paris where an assailant was holed up on January 9. After several explosions, police stormed the shop in Portes de Vincennes and everal hostages exited the store shortly afterwards and were taken to safety.   AFP PHOTO / THOMAS SAMSON        (Photo credit should read THOMAS SAMSON/AFP/Getty Images)
Members of the French police special forces launch the assault at a kosher grocery store in Porte de Vincennes, eastern Paris, where at least two people were shot dead on January 9, 2015 during a hostage-taking drama at a Jewish supermarket in eastern Paris, and five people were being held, official sources told AFP. Several hostages were freed after French commandos stormed a Jewish supermarket in eastern Paris where an assailant was holed up on January 9. After several explosions, police stormed the shop in Portes de Vincennes and everal hostages exited the store shortly afterwards and were taken to safety.
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Three gunmen, including the two suspects in the Charlie Hebdo massacre, were killed today as police ended two separate hostage sieges in and around Paris.

Three gunmen, including the two suspects in the Charlie Hebdo massacre, were killed today as police ended two separate hostage sieges in and around Paris.

, Paris bureau chief for Bloomberg News, joined Take Two for an update on the latest news.