Thousands Rally Across France After Attacks

France Supermarket Siege Victims Named

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The names of four hostages who were killed during a supermarket siege in Paris have been released.

Yoav Hattab, Philippe Braham, Yohan Cohen and François-Michel Saada lost their lives at the hands of jihadist Amedy Coulibaly in Porte de Vincennes.

A group representing the Jewish communities of France described their deaths as "cold-blooded and merciless".

Reports in the French media have suggested that some of the hostages were killed before commandos raided the kosher store during the gunman's evening prayer.

A nationwide hunt is under way for Coulibaly's girlfriend, Hayat Boumeddiene, amid warnings she may be "armed and dangerous".

France has been threatened with further terror attacks by al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), with sharia official Harith al Nadhari saying: "It is better for you to stop your aggression against the Muslims, so perhaps you will live safely.

"If you refuse but to wage war, then wait for the glad tiding."

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Paris Attacks: Policeman's Family 'Devastated'

The brother of the Muslim police officer killed in the attack on Charlie Hebdo magazine says he is devastated by his death.

Philippe Merabet was giving a news conference with the family of Ahmed Merbet in their home town of Livery-Gargan.

Ahmed Merabet was shot and killed at close range as Said and Cherif Kouachi attacked the offices of the satirical magazine on Wednesday.

Mr Merbet said: "French, of Algerian origin, Muslim of faith, I am very proud of Ahmed Merabet; that he represented the French police and defended the republic. Freedom, equality and fraternity.

"Thanks to his determination, he became a police officer and he was going to be leaving the country soon.

"His companions described him as being someone who loved his job."

With his voice cracking up, he said: "He looked after his mother and his closest family. Since his father died 20 years ago.

"He was a pillar of the family and his responsibilities, his work, still meant that he was a very protective father. A lovely brother and a very spoiled uncle and loving companion.

"We are devastated by this barbaric act. We are devastated for all the victims."

Addressing his comments to all people who he described as "racists", "Islamophobes and anti-semites" he said: "You mustn't mix up extremism with Muslims. The mad men have no colour nor religion.

"Stop associating or having wars or burning mosques and burning synagogues because you are attacking people. It won't bring back the dead and it won't comfort the families."

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Thousands Rally Across France After Attacks

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Tens of thousands of people have staged rallies across France after three days of terror that claimed 17 innocent lives.

At least 30,000 people took part in a silent rally in southern city of Pau and more than 22,000 gathered in Orleans, southwest of Paris, according to initial police figures.

Large crowds also turned out in the southern city of Nice and Caen, in the northwest.

It comes ahead of a march of unity in Paris on Sunday which is expected to draw huge crowds and will be attended by leaders from across the world, including Prime Minister David Cameron.

France's Interior Minister, Bernard Cazeneuve, has said the government will take "all measures" to ensure the march is safe.

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Gallery: Tens Of Thousands Rally Over Paris Attacks

A huge stream of people, estimated to contains hundreds of thousands of people, takes to the sea front in Nice

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Those at the head of the march carried at a banner that echoed the statement repeated by those opposed to the attack on the offices of Charlie Hebdo magazine - "Je suis Charlie"

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Many in the crowd also held banners with the same slogan

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The country's defence ministry has said it is sending another 500 soldiers into the greater Paris area, meaning there are now some 1,350 troops there.

Security forces have been deployed around the capital, guarding places of worship and tourist sites.

In a sombre speech after the sieges had been brought to an end, French President Francois Hollande said: "I call on all the French people to rise up this Sunday, together, to defend the values of democracy, freedom and pluralism to which we are attached."

Brothers Said and Cherif Kouachi attacked the offices of the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo on Wednesday, shooting dead 12 people in France's deadliest terror attack in decades.

The pair then went on the run, and were eventually killed after a two-day manhunt.

Amedy Coulibaly, a jihadist gunman who said he had worked with the brothers, was also killed by police after killing four hostages at a kosher grocery shop in an eastern suburb of Paris.

A day earlier he shot and killed a policewoman in Montrouge, just south of Paris.

Hayat Boumeddiene, 26, who was identified along with Coulibaly as a suspect in the killing of a police officer on Thursday, remains on the run.

Jewish groups plan to hold a vigil after sunset on Saturday to mourn the four people killed at the supermarket.

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A salesman has described how he "shook hands" with one of the brothers wanted in connection with the Charlie Hebdo attack in which 12 people were killed.

The man, who identified himself as Didier, said it happened when he went for a routine meeting with a client print firm CTD - which is now the centre of a siege between the suspects and police.

When he arrived for the meeting at the company's office in Dammartin-en-Goele, northeast of Paris, he had no idea fugitives Said and Cherif Kouachi were holed up there.

Didier told France Inter radio: "When I arrived my client (Michel) came out with an armed man who said he was from the police. My client told me to leave so I left.

"I was in front of the door. I shook Michel's hand and I shook the hand of one of the terrorists."

He said the man, who was wearing a bullet-proof vest and carrying what looked like a Kalashnikov rifle, told him: "'Leave, we don't kill civilians anyhow'.

"That really struck me, so I decided to call the police. I guess it was one of the terrorists."

Didier said he had not recognised the terror suspect.

"It could have been a policeman if he hadn't told me 'we don't kill civilians'," he said. "They were heavily armed like elite police.

"I didn't know it was a hostage situation, or a robbery. I just knew something wasn't quite right."

The man whose car was hijacked in Paris by the brothers immediately after the magazine attack has also been speaking of his experience.

He told radio station Europe 1 that he was not aware of the attack when the driver of another car got out and approached him near the Porte de Pantin.

He said: "The driver got out of his car, armed with a rifle. I knew later it was a Kalashnikov. I had my window open. He said to me, 'Get out of your car, we need your car.

"The man carried on and at that moment a second person turned up and got into the passenger side with a gun and a kind of grenade as well. Definitely a grenade-launcher, something like that."

He said the men, who let him take his dog from the car, did not raise their voices once.

They were "very calm, very determined, very composed and very professional, like commandos. They weren't sweating. Nothing like that. They seemed like people carrying out an operation."

Before driving off they asked him pass on a message.

"They said to me, 'If ever you are asked, if the media questions you, you tell them it's al Qaeda in Yemen'."

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Terror In France: What We Know So Far

Two hostage situations are developing in France: police are negotiating with two suspects in Dammartin-en-Goele after the murders of 12 people at the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo on Wednesday while at least six people are being held hostage at a grocery in east Paris.

:: The two brothers being hunted by police are Said, 34, and Cherif Kouachi, 32. A third suspect Mourad Hamyd, 18, surrendered at a police station on Wednesday evening. His relationship to the brothers is unclear.

:: There are conflicting reports as to whether police have made contact with the pair, who are in a building believed to be a printers and have taken a hostage reported to be a 26-year-old man. A local MP has told media the "fugitives have said they want to die as martyrs".

:: The stand-off at an industrial estate comes after a 48-hour manhunt during which almost 90,000 French police officers and soldiers were mobilised for the manhunt.

:: The brothers fled the capital on Wednesday after their attack, in which they stormed the offices of the magazine before shooting dead a police officer in the street.

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Gallery: Charlie Hebdo Suspects In Stand-Off

Two brothers suspected of killing 12 people at the Charlie Hebdo offices in Paris have taken one person hostage as police cornered the gunmen in Dammartin-en-Goele, northeast of Paris

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Paris Terror Suspects 'Ready To Die'

The Charlie Hebdo terror suspects are holed up at an industrial building near Charles de Gaulle airport with a hostage, and have told police they are ready to "die as martyrs".

One of the "heavily armed" Kouachi brothers turned up at the printing factory wearing black combat gear and a bulletproof vest and claimed to be a police officer. He then told a worker: "Get out of here, we don't kill civilians."

Helicopters are hovering nearby and armed police officers have flooded the area, surrounding Said and Cherif Kouachi. An army tank has also been spotted.

This morning, residents of Dammartin-en-Goele were told to stay at home, switch off the lights, and stay away from their windows.

Now an evacuation of the area appears to be under way, with dozens of cars seen leaving via a road which has been sealed for most of the day.

There had been reports that two people have been killed, but Paris prosecutors insist there have been no deaths.

It is unclear where police are now negotiating with the two suspects, whose hostage is reported to be a 26-year-old man.

At least two planes have aborted landing attempts at the airport as the situation unfolds.

Meanwhile an armed man has taken hostages at a grocery store in eastern Paris, with some reports claiming it is the same person responsible for yesterday's policewoman shooting.

Police sources say the hostage taker is demanding freedom for the Kouachi brothers, and says he will kill the hostages if police storm their building. Part of the ring road around Paris has now been closed.

Sky's Robert Nisbet said the Dammartin-en-Goele operation is complex and the police are moving at a deliberately slow pace.

"What we are sensing here is no panic, they are taking this very slowly indeed. This operation is complex, this is not something they want to rush."

The stand-off follows a car chase on the N2 motorway earlier in which gunshots were fired between the men and police as their stolen car headed towards Paris.

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Gallery: Charlie Hebdo Suspects In Stand-Off

Two brothers suspected of killing 12 people at the Charlie Hebdo offices in Paris have taken one person hostage as police cornered the gunmen in Dammartin-en-Goele, northeast of Paris

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'At Least Six Hostages' In Paris Supermarket

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Hostage takers holding at least six people at a Paris kosher supermarket are demanding freedom for the cornered brothers suspected of the Charlie Hebdo massacre.

SWAT teams were surrounding the shop in eastern Paris, and a group of policemen were seen approaching the back door. Three ambulances rushed to the scene.

It is thought that two hostage takers might be inside the shop, and Israeli TV said a six-month old baby and the baby's mother are among those held captive.

A police officer told Sky News that a gunman went in the supermarket and started shooting immediately.

According to the AP news agency, which quoted a police source, the gunman said "You know who I am" as he opened fire inside.

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Gallery: Wanted: French Terror Suspects

Police release mugshots of the two suspects in the shooting a policewoman in Paris. They are also believed to be involved in the current hostage situation at a supermarket in the capital. Hayat Boumeddiene is pictured

Her accomplice is believed to be Amedy Coulibaly, pictured. The suspects are believed to have ties to Kouachi brothers

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This is Cherif Kouachi, one of the suspects in the Charlie Hebdo attack

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Charlie Hebdo massacre suspect Said Kouachi

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Reports over the number of casualties are conflicting.

The interior ministry denied reports that two people had been killed, and the AP reported that several people were wounded, and were later able to flee and get medical care.

The attack comes on the eve of the Jewish Sabbath.

The hostage takers are believed to be the suspects who killed a policewoman in Montrouge, southern Paris, on Thursday.

French police released mugshots of a man and a woman linked to policewoman killing, saying they are armed and dangerous.

They have been named as Amedy Coulibaly, 32, and Hayat Boumeddiene, 26.

The two are believed to have ties to brothers Said and Cherif Kouachi, the French nationals linked to al Qaeda in Yemen who stormed the Charlie Hebdo magazine on Wednesday, killing 12 people.

The brothers are holed up in a factory in a separate hostage situation unfolding a few miles from Charles de Gaulle airport.

The latest siege has further heightened tensions in a city shaken by the Charlie Hebdo shooting, the worst attack in France in decades.

Kosher restaurants were closing across Paris and all stores in the famed Marais Jewish neighbourhood, which is far from the hostage situation, were ordered shut.

Schools in the Porte de Vincennes area, near the scene of siege, were on lockdown and two subway stops were closed. Part of the ring road around the capital was also closed, according to Le Figaro.

Armed police are responding to false alarms across the city, including at the Trocadero area, near the Eiffel Tower.

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Gallery: Paris Shop Shooting: Hostages Taken

People are led away from the scene as Police mobilize with reports of a hostage situation at Port de Vincennes in paris

At least five people have reportedly been taken hostage at a kosher supermarket in Paris after a shootout.

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In Thursday's terror attack, a trainee policewoman, named as Clarissa Jean-Philippe, 25, was killed. A street sweeper was seriously injured in the incident.

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Terror Police Swarm Forest In Hunt For Paris Pair

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Anti-terrorism police have converged on a forest northeast of Paris after two brothers suspected of being behind the Charlie Hebdo magazine attack were spotted at a petrol station in the region.

A massive manhunt is under way for the gunmen who killed 12 people in an assault at the magazine's Paris offices on Wednesday.

French news agency AFP reported that two men fitting the description of brothers Said and Cherif Kouachi stole fuel and food from the station near Villers-Cotterets in the northern Aisne region, 43 miles (70km) away from Paris, this morning.

There is a high police presence in the villages of Crepy-en-Valois, 10 miles (16km) from the petrol station, and Abbaye de Longpont where just 400 people live.

Sky's Joey Jones said police were going house-to-house "scrutinising each resident".

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Gallery: French Villages Filled With Terror Police

Police have swarmed the small village of Crepy-en-Valois

Two men matching the descriptions of brothers Said and Cherif Kouachi were reportedly spotted by a petrol station manager

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Helicopters have been seen flying over the French countryside

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Shots are said to have been fired during a robbery at the station near Villers-Cotteret in the northern Aisne region, east of Paris

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Le Parisien said men wearing balaclavas were travelling on the N2 road in the direction of Paris in a Renault Clio which had weapons on its back seat

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Witness Benoit Verdun told Sky News he believes the suspects are in a very large forest near Longpont, which he said is "bigger than Paris" at 13,000 hectares, or 50 square miles.

Crepy-en-Valois' mayor Bruno Fortier said he could not confirm reports the men were holed up in a house in the area.

"It's an incessant waltz of police cars and trucks," he told Reuters.

Jones said the picture is one of "utter confusion" and there are many rumours flying around.

Earlier the men, wearing balaclavas, were spotted travelling on the N2 road in the direction of Paris in a Renault Clio which had weapons on its back seat and its number plates covered.

AFP said the pair had Kalashnikovs and what appeared to be a rocket-launcher.

RAID, the anti-terrorist unit of the French police force, and the GIGN, a paramilitary special operations unit, have been deployed in the region.

But Jones said it would appear the suspects are "a step or two ahead" of the authorities at the moment.

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Gallery: Paris Attack Suspects' ID Cards

Cherif Kouachi and his brother Said are suspected of carrying out the attack at Charlie Hebdo's offices in Paris. This is Cherif's ID card

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He added: "The indications at the moment suggest that they (police) are finding it difficult to get a grip on this fast-moving situation.

"Each time we arrive at an area where they have been sighted or there is some sort of suspicion of significant police activity, you get the feeling that things have moved on.

"This is such a fast moving situation, who knows where it will end up."

Officials have said the French nationals are linked to a Yemeni terror network.

On Wednesday night heavily armoured French police raided an apartment in the city of Reims in the search for the killers.

French officials said seven people were detained overnight.

Another suspect handed himself in to police after he was named on social media as 18-year-old Hamyd Mourad.

Sky sources say the teenager, who has been arrested, is the brother-in-law of the suspects.

There are reports that he was in school at the time of the attack and schoolmates have said he was on the bus with them at 7.30am and midday on Wednesday.

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Tensions remain high in the country after a female police officer was fatally shot in southern Paris this morning.

A "criminal" blast was also reported at a kebab shop near a mosque in the eastern French town of Villefranche-sur-Saone. No one was injured.

Officials have not said either incident is linked to the attack on Charlie Hebdo.

Tributes to the victims have been left near the scene of yesterday's shooting at the magazine's offices and a minute's silence was held in the French capital for the victims of the attack.

French investigators found a dozen Molotov cocktails and two jihadist flags in the getaway car abandoned shortly after the massacre at the office's of the controversial satirical magazine.

A staff member at the magazine has said next week's issue will be published despite the bloodbath.

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Gallery: Magazine Victims Identified

Bernard Maris was a journalist and shareholder in Charlie Hebdo

Jean Cabut's cartoons were first published in Paris newspapers in 1954

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The publication, for next Wednesday, is to defiantly show that "stupidity will not win," Patrick Pelloux said, adding that the remaining staff will meet soon.

Downing Street said security has been increased at UK ports following the terror attack in Paris, although there is no specific threat to the country.

:: Sky News is running a poll on social media today: "Should the media publish satirical religious cartoons?". You can vote on Facebook or Twitter using hashtags #SkyPollYes or #SkyPollNo

:: A special report on the shootings at 4.30pm, 8.30pm and 9.30pm, can be watched live on skynews.com, our mobile apps and on channels Sky 501, Virgin Media 602, Freesat 202, Freeview 132.

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Gallery: The Pencil Is Mightier Than The Gun

Cartoonists all over the world have been picking up their pencils to show their support for the murdered artists on Charlie Hebdo magazine. This was by Carlos Latuff, posted on @LatuffCartoons latuffcartoons.wordpress.com

By David Pope @davpope. Political cartoonist at The Canberra Times

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