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.
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09.36 A helicopter air ambulance has been stationed near to the scene of the siege amid fears of further serious injuries, say reports.
09.34 The latest reports suggest the suspects have one hostage inside a building - thought to be a printing business called CTD [Création Tendance Découverte] - in the industrial complex:
09.31 The exit to the industrial complex off the N2 has been closed by gendarmarie as police rush to the scene where the Charlie Hebdo attack suspects are believed to have taken at least one hostage:
Henry Samuel @H_E_Samuel · 11m 11 minutes ago
Koachi brothers have ONE hostage, according to RTL. #CharlieHebdo
Henry Samuel @H_E_Samuel · 12m 12 minutes ago
Two out of four runways shut at Charles de Gaulle airport closed due to hostage taking, Le @lemondefr #CharlieHebdo
have on BBC
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AAAAUUUGGHH! Typing too fast.
15 minutes ago
BREAKING:
According to France 24, flights are being cancelled and abandoned at Charles de Gaulles airport, close to hostage scene
Yahoo:
16 minutes ago
Hostage negotiation expert George Rhoden has told BBC Radio 5 Live that the situation is “extremely dangerous” as the #CharlieHebdo gunmen want to kill & make “public statement”
I’ll be darned if I’d want to shelter in place if I was in a building close to where they’re holed up. Bullets go through walls, and we don’t know what those two are armed with.
I guess they want to keep the roads clear for police and emergency vehicles that are still coming in.
Twitter from PzFeed
BREAKING NEWS: Witnesses said men who robbed petrol station were carrying a rocket propelled grenade
Telegraph:
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09.46 Latest from the Telegraph’s Rory Mulholland, speaking over the phone from the police barrier around the hostage site:
Quote Press have been moved far away from the scene, to a hill on a roundabout a few kilometres away from the complex. We can’t see anything due to the fog, which means visibility is about 300m. There are about 100 journalists standing here.
There’s a frenzy of police activity, with dozens of vans arriving, sirens blazing, weaving among traffic on the busy N2 dual carriageway.
It’s a very wet, rainy, windy day.
People inside the other buildings in the industrial complex have been told to stay inside, pull down shutters and stay away from windows.
Thanks for the updates.
Prayers still flying for the hostage. A terrifying ordeal.
Via Telegraph:
Lisa Louis @weissercappu · 17m 17 minutes ago
No runways closed at CDG, press officer tells BBC Paris. But the flight pattern has been adapted to the situation #CharlieHebdo
That's what I was afraid of. They aren't going to be "negotiated" out of there. They want to go out in a blaze of glory.
Conflict News 3 minutes ago
French police asking media to not broadcast live images at scene of Paris hostage situation so police locations are not revealed v BNONews
If they are in the printing plant, there are likely all kinds of nasty chemicals in there.
IF they are smart enough to figure it out.
“They want to go out in a blaze of glory. “
Agree.
Well now THAT'S not good if it's true!
There were reports that explosive materials were found in the car they abandoned shortly after they left Charlie Hebdo. We don't know if they had more stuff stashed that they went back to get before going on the run. No telling what they have in the building with them.
Yeah, and we don’t know what kind of training the one had while he was in Yemen. Apparently had some sort of explosives training.
Gas their sorry asses with military grade knock out gas. Extract the hostages safely and begin the autopsy on the terrorists. Who cares if they wake up during the process?
Russians know how to deal with these pukes.
Telegraph:
10.05 Meaux hospital has sent a medical team to the reported hostage scene in Dammartin-en-Goele, northeast of Paris, the hospital spokesman told CNN on Friday. He said there were no wounded at the hospital yet, but that might change.
Yahoo:
3 minutes ago
BREAKING:
A local MP has told French media that a negotiator spoke to the Charlie Hebdo suspects on the phone.
They reportedly expressed a desire to ‘die for martyrdom’.
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