On Friday morning, French officials swarmed the town Dammartin-en-Goele, which is northeast of Paris. Media reports indicate a hostage situation, with the two suspects having taken one person into their custody in the process of occupying a printing office.
What we do know is that police officials have expressed “high degree of certainty” that they have the Kouachi brothers surrounded — the two remaining suspects in the massacre that killed 12 people on Wednesday morning.
UPDATE — 9:00 a.m. ET: Here’s what we know so far, via CNN:
UPDATE — 9:04 a.m. ET: The suspects are reportedly barricaded in a print shop in Dammartin-en-Goele. Officials say they have told people they are “ready to die” as martyrs.
UPDATE — 11:03 a.m. ET: Flashbang grenades have reportedly been deployed, with two rounds of fire having been shot between the two sides involved (police and the suspects)
UPDATE — 11:07 a.m. ET: Vine below of the bangs heard:
UPDATE — 11:20 a.m. ET: The brothers are reportedly dead, according to AFP:
SkyNews has reported the same. Also reported: the brothers’ hostage has been freed during the assault.
UPDATE — 11:36 a.m. ET: CNN confirmed the deaths with the town’s mayor: