Charlie Hebdo suspects, supermarket gunman, 4 hostages killed

Charlie Hebdo suspects, supermarket gunman, 4 hostages killed
(Image credit: Direction centrale de la Police judiciaire via Getty Images)

The two Charlie Hebdo suspects have reportedly been killed, according to reports by The Associated Press, Agence France-Presse and Le Monde.

The hostage held by brothers Cherif Kouachi, 32, and Said Kouachi, 34, has reportedly been freed, a police official told The AP.

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Julie Kliegman

Julie Kliegman is a freelance writer based in New York. Her work has appeared in BuzzFeed, Vox, Mental Floss, Paste, the Tampa Bay Times and PolitiFact. Her cats can do somersaults.