According to the Associated Press, negotiators had tried to convince the brothers to surrender but they told negotiators that they wanted to die as martyrs. French security forces later stormed the printing shop, killing the suspects and freeing one hostage.
Authorities in France have killed the two suspects believed to have carried out Wednesday's deadly attack at the office of the satirical newspaper, Charlie Hebdo. The killings followed an intense period of negotiations with the two brothers, Cherif and Said Kouachi, who were held up in a printing shop in Dammartin-en-Goele, along with a hostage.
According to the Associated Press, negotiators had tried to convince the brothers to surrender but they told negotiators that they wanted to die as martyrs. French security forces later stormed the printing shop, killing the suspects and freeing one hostage.[story_link align="left"]37076[/story_link]
Both Cherif and Said Kouachi are known to have been born in France and developed links to Yemeni militant groups in later life. The Associated Press has reported that Cherif, 32, had been sentenced to three years in prison in 2008 for helping to arrange transportation of fighters to Iraq for the alleged purpose of participation in jihadist activities.
Meanwhile, French police also conducted a raid on a kosher supermarket in Paris, where a gunman had taken several people hostage. That attack was believed to be anti-Semitic in nature and the gunman is said to be the same suspect thought to have killed a police woman earlier in the week. Several hostages were reported killed by the end of police operations.