Three Islamic jihadists were dead tonight after special forces brought an end to more than two days of slaughter which have left at least 17 dead and spread terror across France. Said (bottom right) and Cherif (top right) Kouachi, the brothers who had assassinated 12 people at satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, died in a blaze of gunfire (right) at a printworks near Paris where they had been holed up with one hostage, who survived. Moments later, dozens of commandos (left) stormed a Jewish grocery 25 miles away in east Paris where accomplice Amedey Coulibaly (top left) was threatening to kill a number of terrified people including women and children. The 32-year-old, responsible for the death of a woman police officer on Thursday, was also 'neutralised' in the assault. Tragically, four hostages were killed while another five were badly wounded. There were reports tonight that another gunman had escaped the scene.
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The hostage taker in a new terror attack on Paris is a close associate of the Kouachi brothers, who killed 12 people in the Charlie Hebdo massacre two days ago.
Two people have been killed in a Kosher store in eastern Paris where a 'heavily armed' Islamic terrorist is currently holding hostages, police believe.
Sources in the Paris force said the suspected murderer was Amedy Coulibay, 32, who is wearing body armour and brandishing two Kalashnikov automatic weapons.
It's thought that he is of Senegalese origin and attended the Addawa Mosque in Paris with the Kouachi brothers.
As part of a jihadist cell with Said and Cherif Kouachi, he was involved in the failed prison break attempt of Smain Ait Ali Belkacem - the mastermind behind a wave of bombings in France in 1995 which killed eight people and wounded 120.
Coulibay, who was himself jailed in 2010 for his involvement in the plot, has a long history of both petty and serious crimes.
The only boy born in a family of 10 in Juvisy, Essonne, he first came to police attention as a 17-year-old delinquent.
Convictions for theft and drug offences followed. In September 2002 in Orleans, Loiret, he was arrested for the armed robbery of a bank.
It's believed he became involved with the younger of the Kouachi brothers, Cherif, when he was part of a jihadist recruitment ring in Paris that sent fighters to join the conflict in Iraq.
Kouachi was subsequently sentenced to three years in prison.
He is said to be working with a woman called Hayat Boumeddiene, 27, who is also said to be 'armed and dangerous'.
Coulibaly is thought to have become radicalised when he came under the influence of Djamel Beghal, a French Algerian convicted of terrorism.
Beghal was once accused of being Osama Bin Laden's main European recruiter and has been linked with Cherif Kouachi.
Coulibaly admitted to police he saw Beghal every three weeks but purely for 'religious instruction.' It is understood that he married Hyat Boumeddiene in a religious ceremony after she waited four years for him to come out of jail following his conviction for armed robbery.
The couple were never married in a civil ceremony – the only marriage legally accepted in France.
WEDNESDAY
10.25am: Mother with her young daughter is forced to allow gunmen into offices of Charlie Hebdo
10.30am: Terrorists call out editors by name before executing them, then exit the building
10.30am-10.50am: Gunmen leave the building in a black Citroen, driving up Allee Verte where they encounter a police car. They open fire, wounding a policeman
- While trying to get to nearby Boulevard Richard Lenoir they encounter more police and exchange fire, nobody is injured
- Once on the boulevard they see a policeman on the pavement and open fire before executing him as he lays on the ground
11am: The men crash their Citroen on Rue de Meaux and hijack another vehicle to continue their escape
3.30pm: Raids on apartments in northern Paris, including a home thought to belong to one of the suspects in Gennevilliers
5:30pm: The dead are named as Stephane Charbonnier, editor of Charlie Hebdo, along with Bernard Maris, Georges Wolinski, Jean Cabut, aka Cabu, Bernard Verlhac and contributor Philippe Honore
6pm: As darkness falls people take to the streets to hold vigils, holding up signs reading Je Suis Charlie - I am Charlie
10.41pm: Raids take place in Reim as riot police storm buildings of those linked to two suspects. Seven people, thought to be friends of the suspects, are arrested
11pm: Hamid Mourad hands himself in to police in Charleville-Mezieres after seeing his name on social media
THURSDAY
12:31am: Police name shooting suspects as brothers Said and Cherif Kouachi
7.45am: Second gun attack in Paris in which a female police officer and a street cleaner are wounded
7.58am: Suspect arrested in connection with second attack, reported to be a North African man with an assault rifle. Another believed to be on the run
9.58am: Female police officer wounded in the second shooting dies at a hospital in Paris
10.34am: Police carry out a raid on a hotel near to where the second attack happened
10.39am: Officers surround a petrol station in Villers-Cotteret, northern Aisne region, after manager said he recognised gunmen
11am: A minute's silence takes place in memory of the 12 killed
11.10am: Surviving Charlie Hebdo staff announce magazine will be published next week
11.30am: Police surround a property in Crepy-En-Valois after suspects reported to be inside
Two people have been killed in a Kosher store in eastern Paris where a 'heavily armed' Islamic terrorist is currently holding hostages, police believe.
Sources in the Paris force said the suspected murderer was Amedy Coulibay, 32, who is wearing body armour and brandishing two Kalashnikov automatic weapons.
It's thought that he is of Senegalese origin and attended the Addawa Mosque in Paris with the Kouachi brothers.
As part of a jihadist cell with Said and Cherif Kouachi, he was involved in the failed prison break attempt of Smain Ait Ali Belkacem - the mastermind behind a wave of bombings in France in 1995 which killed eight people and wounded 120.
Coulibay, who was himself jailed in 2010 for his involvement in the plot, has a long history of both petty and serious crimes.
The only boy born in a family of 10 in Juvisy, Essonne, he first came to police attention as a 17-year-old delinquent.
Convictions for theft and drug offences followed. In September 2002 in Orleans, Loiret, he was arrested for the armed robbery of a bank.
It's believed he became involved with the younger of the Kouachi brothers, Cherif, when he was part of a jihadist recruitment ring in Paris that sent fighters to join the conflict in Iraq.
Kouachi was subsequently sentenced to three years in prison.
He is said to be working with a woman called Hayat Boumeddiene, 27, who is also said to be 'armed and dangerous'.
Coulibaly is thought to have become radicalised when he came under the influence of Djamel Beghal, a French Algerian convicted of terrorism.
Beghal was once accused of being Osama Bin Laden's main European recruiter and has been linked with Cherif Kouachi.
Coulibaly admitted to police he saw Beghal every three weeks but purely for 'religious instruction.' It is understood that he married Hyat Boumeddiene in a religious ceremony after she waited four years for him to come out of jail following his conviction for armed robbery.
The couple were never married in a civil ceremony – the only marriage legally accepted in France.
WEDNESDAY
10.25am: Mother with her young daughter is forced to allow gunmen into offices of Charlie Hebdo
10.30am: Terrorists call out editors by name before executing them, then exit the building
10.30am-10.50am: Gunmen leave the building in a black Citroen, driving up Allee Verte where they encounter a police car. They open fire, wounding a policeman
- While trying to get to nearby Boulevard Richard Lenoir they encounter more police and exchange fire, nobody is injured
- Once on the boulevard they see a policeman on the pavement and open fire before executing him as he lays on the ground
11am: The men crash their Citroen on Rue de Meaux and hijack another vehicle to continue their escape
3.30pm: Raids on apartments in northern Paris, including a home thought to belong to one of the suspects in Gennevilliers
5:30pm: The dead are named as Stephane Charbonnier, editor of Charlie Hebdo, along with Bernard Maris, Georges Wolinski, Jean Cabut, aka Cabu, Bernard Verlhac and contributor Philippe Honore
6pm: As darkness falls people take to the streets to hold vigils, holding up signs reading Je Suis Charlie - I am Charlie
10.41pm: Raids take place in Reim as riot police storm buildings of those linked to two suspects. Seven people, thought to be friends of the suspects, are arrested
11pm: Hamid Mourad hands himself in to police in Charleville-Mezieres after seeing his name on social media
THURSDAY
12:31am: Police name shooting suspects as brothers Said and Cherif Kouachi
7.45am: Second gun attack in Paris in which a female police officer and a street cleaner are wounded
7.58am: Suspect arrested in connection with second attack, reported to be a North African man with an assault rifle. Another believed to be on the run
9.58am: Female police officer wounded in the second shooting dies at a hospital in Paris
10.34am: Police carry out a raid on a hotel near to where the second attack happened
10.39am: Officers surround a petrol station in Villers-Cotteret, northern Aisne region, after manager said he recognised gunmen
11am: A minute's silence takes place in memory of the 12 killed
11.10am: Surviving Charlie Hebdo staff announce magazine will be published next week
11.30am: Police surround a property in Crepy-En-Valois after suspects reported to be inside
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