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At least two people were shot dead today during a hostage-taking drama at a Jewish supermarket in eastern Paris, where at least five people were being held.
“There are at least two dead, maybe more, but for the moment we don’t know,” one source said.
The attacker was suspected of being the same gunman who killed a policewoman in a shooting in Montrouge in southern Paris yesterday.
A police source said the suspect was linked to two brothers who massacred 12 people at satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo on Wednesday.
Sources close to the investigation said shooting had erupted at Porte de Vincennes in the east of Paris this afternoon.
“It is the Montrouge shooter,” said one of the sources, adding at least one person was reported injured.
A helicopter hovered above as police swarmed to the area, asking people to remain at home.
French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve was on his way to the scene.
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