Posted on 01/09/2015 12:57:43 AM PST by radu
The two men suspected of attacking a newspaper in Paris have stolen a car and reportedly have several hostages.
A car chase is under way on the N2 motorway, and police sources say shots have been fired.
The car is now on the outskirts of Paris - close to Charles de Gaulle airport - and several helicopters are reportedly hovering overhead.
Sky's Ian Woods says the police focus now appears to have turned to an industrial building near to the airport.
Two people with gunshot wounds have been taken to hospital in Meaux.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.sky.com ...
I’m glad you live in America where you CAN protect yourself. And you do a darn good job of it, as I recall. :)
Shucks LUV W you are making me blush! (((HUGS)))
Skydancer represented the tribe down in (The OTHER OZ, Kansas is the first lol)
I am sure she is a good shot too.
CNN is picking up NYT’s slack. :o/
Look at what 2 have done, imagine what even as few as 10 could do.
How fast can they pedal?
FoxNews reports that French officials are connecting the dots and are concluding that these events ARE connected to the events yesterday and to the deaths at the magazine.
FoxNews says some authority figures are saying these perps want to be martyred, but reporter Amy Kellogg isn’t sure.
Sky:
cairnsd 1 minute ago
Reports of a third incident in Paris - at the Trocadero. Police have weapons drawn - no official word yet.
Independent:
a minute ago
Reports arriving that the Place du Trocadéro is being evacuated.
The US is different. The Europeans, for all their faults, do not believe that news is something that happens on TV. When their face gets rubbed in something real and horrible, that wakes them up. America, however, is deep into the delusion of longitude. 9/11 woke America up, but since no major terror strike occurred until the Boston Marathon, America went back to sleep. The Boston Marathon worked for a while, but since that did not occur again, and nut jobs going postal with guns over grammar or breaking up with their girl friends, or what not, more frequently, America went right back to sleep soon after. To Americans now, terrorism is just another nut job going postal over something or other. This is why its allies must make other arrangements.
I had to look that up. Assume you mean Compagnies Républicaines de Sécurité.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compagnies_R%C3%A9publicaines_de_S%C3%A9curit%C3%A9
We were in Paris last June. I think it may have been some CRS guys that were watching a bunch of West African gibsmedats demonstrating and blocking traffic by marching down the road. It was blocking our tour bus so badly, for so long, that we bailed out and found a cab. Some of the guys watching had similar body armor.
Sorry for them they only have Mini-14s. Effective enough, I guess, in an urban setting, but it certainly wouldn’t be my choice.
Yahoo:
a minute ago
BREAKING:
Reports of another Paris shooting at the Trocadero near the Eiffel Tower
MineParis81 @MineParis81
Subway station #Trocadero (#EiffelTower) evacuated by #police #shooting #CharlieHebdo #Paris (Yahoo)
Independent:
3 minutes ago
The Independent’s John Lichfield is in Paris and writes: “Police issued an all points alert for a young woman, who is believed to be an associate of the Kouachi brothers and the supermarket gunman. She was named as Hayat Boumedienne, 26.
“The hostage-taker in the ksoher shop as thought to be Amedy Coulibaby, 32. He had been living with Ms Boumedienne since he left prison in 2010.
“In that same year, police said, Ms Boumedienne attended a suspected jihadist training camp in Cantal, a mountainous area of central France. Others present included Cherif Kouachi. Both were questioned by French security at the time but released for lack of evidence. They said they were in the Cantal to ‘play sports’.”
5 minutes ago
Reports arriving that the Place du Trocadéro is being evacuated.
Dang ... the roaches are coming out ... Great Britain, please go to full alert, please.
Independent:
a few seconds ago
France 24 reports that the Ministry of Interior has said the reported Trocadéro incident was “a false alert”.
LIVE reports:
AFP
https://sg.news.yahoo.com/charlie-hebdo-manhunt-live-report-092735176.html
Sky News:
http://news.sky.com/story/1404756/live-updates-paris-killers-in-stand-off
Sky:
cairnsd just now
Interior Ministry says Trocadero incident is a false alarm.
cairnsd 2 minutes ago
Trains are not stopping at the Trocadero.
Guardian:
2m ago
14:22
More details are emerging about Amedy Coulibaly who is believed to be holding up six people hostage at a kosher supermarket in eastern Paris, after being named as suspect in the killing of a policewoman on Thursday.
He is 33 and from Juvisy-sur-Orge in Ile-de-France. According to Le Monde, Coulibaly and Cherif Kouachi were two of the most committed followers of convicted terrorist Djamel Beghal . Telephone conversations reveal that the pair visited Beghal’s home in Murat in the south of France. Hayat Boumeddiene, 26, has been Coulibaly’s partner since 2010 and lived in his home while he was serving a prison sentence, Le Monde said.
Independent:
a minute ago
The Independent’s John Lichfield is in Paris and writes: “Police issued an all points alert for a young woman, who is believed to be an associate of the Kouachi brothers and the supermarket gunman. She was named as Hayat Boumedienne, 26.
“The hostage-taker in the kosher shop is thought to be Amedy Coulibaly, 32. He had been living with Ms Boumedienne since he left prison in 2010.
“In that same year, police said, Ms Boumedienne attended a suspected jihadist training camp in Cantal, a mountainous area of central France. Others present included Cherif Kouachi. Both were questioned by French security at the time but released for lack of evidence. They said they were in the Cantal to ‘play sports’.”
Prayers for peace ... possible bomber alert
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