SWAT teams gathered outside a kosher grocery store in eastern Paris on Friday where a gunman opened fire and took several hostages.
The suspect, Amedy Coulibaly, had threatened to hurt people if police raided the building where the Kouachi brothers, both suspects in the Charlie Hebdo attack, were holed up in the town of Dammartin-en-Goele, the Associated Press reported.
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Authorities eventually rushed into the store and killed Coulibaly. French President Francois Hollande said four people were killed in the incident. Coulibaly had a history of ties to violence.
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Police forces storm the Hyper Cacher kosher grocery store in Porte de Vincennes, eastern Paris, France on January 9, 2015.
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Police forces storm the Hyper Cacher kosher grocery store in Porte de Vincennes, eastern Paris, France on January 9, 2015.
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Police forces storm the Hyper Cacher kosher grocery store in Porte de Vincennes, eastern Paris, France on January 9, 2015.
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Members of the French police special forces evacuate the hostages after launching the assault at a kosher grocery store in Porte de Vincennes, eastern Paris, on January 9, 2015.
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A security officer directs released hostages after they stormed a kosher market to end a hostage situation, Paris, Friday, Jan. 9, 2015.
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People watch on TV in a cafe as police mobilize at the hostage situation at Port de Vincennes on January 9, 2015 in Paris, France.
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A photo taken on January 9, 2015 shows members of the French police forces taking position by the kosher grocery store in Porte de Vincennes, eastern Paris.
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Pictured in this composite of handout photos provided by the Direction Centrale de la Police Judiciaire on January 9, 2015 are Amedy Coulibaly, aged 32, who is wanted in connection with the shooting of a French policewoman yesterday and suspected as being involved in the hostage situation at a Kosher store in the Porte de Vincennes area of Paris, and known associate Hayat Boumeddiene, aged 26.
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Police are mobilized with reports of a hostage situation at Port de Vincennes on January 9, 2015 in Paris, France.
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French police special forces evacuate local residents on January 9, 2015 in Porte de Vincennes, eastern Paris.
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Members of the French police special force RAID walk with their equipment on the 'peripherique' (circular road) in Porte de Vincennes, eastern Paris, on January 9, 2015.
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French police officers arrive to take up positions near Porte de Vincennes in Paris on January 9, 2015.
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Police mobilize with reports of a hostage situation at Port de Vincennes on January 9, 2015 in Paris, France.
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Media standby as police mobilize with reports of a hostage situation at Port de Vincennes on January 9, 2015 in Paris, France.
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Journalists wait behind barriers while police mobilize with reports of a hostage situation at Port de Vincennes on January 9, 2015 in Paris, France.
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Members of the French police special force RAID gather on the 'peripherique' (circular road) in Porte de Vincennes, eastern Paris, on January 9, 2015.
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Empty roads are seen as French police take measure around the kosher supermarket at Port de Vincennes where several people had been taken hostage by a gunman suspected of being involved in the killing of a French policewoman in southern Paris, French police have said on January 9, 2015 in Paris, France.
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