Lizzy Amanpour @LizzyAman Armed police arriving on the scene in #Vincennes @mattfrei http://t.co/YCecw6BtRa
Armed French police rush to the scene in the Parisian neighborhood of Porte de Vincennes. ShareDiscussions Michael Walsh (Yahoo)
Independent:
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John Lichfield reports: An eyewitness to the Vincennes hostage-taking told Europe 1 radio: “People were buying things when a man came in with a rifle and started shooting in all directions. I ran out. The shooting continued for several seconds.”
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According to Le Monde, Coulibaly and Cherif Kouachi were two of the most committed followers of convicted terrorist Djamel Beghal. Telephone conversations allegedly reveal that the pair visited Beghals home in Murat in the south of France.
Hayat Boumeddiene, 26, has been Coulibalys partner since 2010 and lived in his home while he was serving a prison sentence.
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Police are asking that shops in the Rue des Rosiers, eastern Paris, are closed.
From a French reporter..
“You have to understand we are in a war situation..we have to say it like it is..”