• Police officers take position at an industrial area where the suspects are reportedly holding a hostage. Etienne Laurent / EPA
    Police officers take position at an industrial area where the suspects are reportedly holding a hostage. Etienne Laurent / EPA
  • An assault group stand outside the building. Yoan Valat / EPA
    An assault group stand outside the building. Yoan Valat / EPA
  • A helicopter of the French Special Police Forces waits in a field surrounding the scene. Christopher Furlong / Getty Images
    A helicopter of the French Special Police Forces waits in a field surrounding the scene. Christopher Furlong / Getty Images
  • French police intervention force stand next to helicopters. Joel Saget / AFP Photo
    French police intervention force stand next to helicopters. Joel Saget / AFP Photo
  • Armed security forces fly overhead in a military helicopter in Dammartin-en-Goele. Thibault Camus / AP Photo
    Armed security forces fly overhead in a military helicopter in Dammartin-en-Goele. Thibault Camus / AP Photo
  • A French special forces member signals as he takes position on a rooftop of the complex. Eric Gaillard / Reuters
    A French special forces member signals as he takes position on a rooftop of the complex. Eric Gaillard / Reuters
  • A police officer stands along a road near the industrial area. Yoan Valat / EPA
    A police officer stands along a road near the industrial area. Yoan Valat / EPA

Hostage drama as Paris massacre suspects are cornered - in pictures


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French elite forces surrounded two brothers suspected of slaughtering 12 people in the massacre at Charlie Hebdo magazine offices as a fresh shooting and hostage drama erupted at a kosher supermarket Friday in eastern Paris.