Paris Terror Attack Live Updates: Suspects Killed in Both Hostage Locations

Shots have been heard at the scene of both hostage situations.

ByABC News
January 9, 2015, 8:56 AM
French National Police near Villers-Cotterets, north-east of Paris, where the two armed suspects in the attack on French satirical weekly newspaper Charlie Hebdo were allegedly spotted, Jan. 8, 2015.
French National Police near Villers-Cotterets, north-east of Paris, where the two armed suspects in the attack on French satirical weekly newspaper Charlie Hebdo were allegedly spotted, Jan. 8, 2015.
Francois Nascimbeni/AFP/Getty Images

— -- Two hostage stand offs in different towns outside of Paris have ended with police actions. The suspects in the both situations were killed, including the two gunmen believed to be responsible for the fatal attack on the offices of satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo.

The first hostage situation occurred in a printing factory and involved the Charlie Hebdo suspects.

The second hostage situation started later, and it took hours to make a formal link between the two.

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