Media: fifteen hostages released from the store in Paris – RIA Novosti

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MOSCOW, January 9 – RIA News. Fifteen hostages were released from a kosher store in the east of Paris, reports the Associated Press referring to the Israeli official.

On Friday, a man armed with two Kalashnikov rifles burst into a kosher supermarket near Vincennes the gates of Paris, opened fire and took hostages. About 17.00 (19.00 MSK) commandos stormed the store, the offender was eliminated on the spot.

According to media unnamed representative of the Israeli authorities, citing a telephone conversation between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and French President Francois Hollande, in a total of four hostages were killed, another 15 were released.

A series of attacks in France

Wednesday, January 7, , two intruders broke into the building, which is located edition of the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in the 11th arrondissement of Paris, and opened fire on people were present there. The attackers managed to escape from the scene by car.

The suspects in the attack on the edition were announced, two men aged 32 and 34 years – and brothers Said Sheriff Kuashi. The third alleged offender accomplices waited in the car. Later, one of the wanted list – 18-year-old Hamid Murad – surrendered to the police and said that he has an alibi.

In the night of 7 to 8 January in the neighborhood Sablon French city Le Mans four unidentified persons threw a grenade into the courtyard of the mosque. According to media reports, the explosion occurred around 00.30 local time. The incident resulted in no injuries.

In the Thursday, January 8 , in the southern suburbs of Paris Montrouge unknown man with automatic weapons shot policewoman and road service agent, and then fled the scene crime. A young woman was killed, the man was taken to hospital in serious condition.

Friday, January 9 , two men armed with automatic weapons, stole a car in the department of Oise. Later, these same two who find themselves brothers Kuashi wanted on suspicion of terrorist attack in the wording Sharlie Hebdo, staged a gunfight with the police on the highway Seine-et-Marne.

Later, in the 20th arrondissement of Paris, a man armed with two Kalashnikov rifles opened fire at a supermarket near Vincennes gate, then took at least five people hostage. According to media reports, the fire may have opened the same attacker, who the day before shooting at police in the Paris suburb of Montrouge. The media also reported that he was associated with the brothers Said and Sheriff Kuashi.

At 17.00 local time (19.00 MSK) French police stormed the building start printing in Dammarten en Goel. As a result of the rescue operation Kuashi brothers died. At the same time in Paris commandos stormed a supermarket hostage. As a result of operative actions of law enforcement criminal was liquidated. Presumably, it was the 32-year-old Amedie Coulibaly.

The new hostage-taking occurred in the jewelry store in the city center of Montpellier. Information about the hostage-taking came shortly after the release of visitors kosher shop in Paris. According to media reports, in the hands of criminals are from one to two people.

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