Supermarket gunman threatens to kill hostages if police assault Charlie Hebdo suspects

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Supermarket gunman threatens to kill hostages if police assault Charlie Hebdo suspects
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The gunman holding hostages in an eastern Paris kosher supermarket threatened to kill them if police assault the two cornered Charlie Hebdo suspects, a police official told The Associated Press.

The official also described the supermarket hostage situation as "clearly linked" to Paris' other hostage situation, where the two brothers suspected in Wednesday's attacks are cornered, reportedly with at least one hostage.

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Julie Kliegman
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.