2 reportedly dead as gunman takes hostages in kosher market in eastern Paris
Posted January 9, 2015 8:14 am.
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Unconfirmed reports say two people have been killed after a gunman took several people hostage in a kosher grocery store in eastern Paris, according to Agence France-Presse.
Up to five people are being held hostage, report local media.
Paris police released a photo of Amedy Coulibaly as a suspect in the killing Thursday of a policewoman.
A police official who spoke with the Associated Press under the condition of anonymity named Coulibaly as the man holed up in the market.
The official said a second suspect, a woman named Hayet Boumddiene, is the gunman’s accomplice.
Maclean’s political editor Paul Wells spoke with 680News live from the scene.
More to come
With files from The Associated Press
