The Charlie Hebdo Massacre And Its Aftermath -- News Roundup

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How three days of terror unfolded after gunmen first stormed the Charlie Hebdo offices in Paris on Wednesday. Daily Mail

THREE TERRORISTS AND FOUR HOSTAGES DEAD: Bloody End To French Sieges As Commandos Storm Kosher Deli And Printing Firm Where Magazine Assassins And Policewoman's Killer Were Holed Up - But FEMALE Accomplice Is On The Run -- Daily Mail

* Brothers Said and Cherif Kouachi were killed as they tried to fight their way out of a print works 25 miles from Paris

* Fellow jihadi Amedy Coulibay also killed after taking hostages at a Jewish grocery shop in east of city

* His girlfriend Hayat Boumeddiene, described as armed and dangerous, is still on the run

* Four hostages died at grocery shop while Michel Catalano, who was held by Kouachi brothers escaped unharmed

* First chilling images inside kosher grocery show bodies of hostages lying on the ground

* All three dead terrorists were born in France but linked to same terror cell



Three Islamic jihadists were dead tonight after special forces brought an end to more than two days of slaughter which have left at least 17 dead and spread terror across France.



Said and Cherif Kouachi, the brothers who had assassinated 12 people at satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, died in a blaze of gunfire at a printworks near Paris where they had been holed up with one hostage, who survived.



Moments later, dozens of commandos stormed a Jewish grocery 25 miles away in east Paris where accomplice Amedey Coulibaly was threatening to kill 15 terrified captives, including women and children.



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The Charlie Hebdo Massacre And Its Aftermath -- News Roundup

French police kill gunmen in twin attacks, free 16 hostages -- AP

French forces kill newspaper attack suspects, hostages die in second siege -- Reuters

Charlie Hebdo attack: 3 suspects, 4 hostages killed in separate attacks near Paris -- CBC/AP

Charlie Hebdo hunt: Police storm two hostage sites -- BBC

'Hostages Killed' In Paris Supermarket Siege -- SKY News

Deadly shoot-outs end French sieges -- Financial Times

Hostage deaths as two French sieges end -- Al Jazeera

Four killed in Paris store hostage crisis, Charlie Hebdo suspects also dead -- RT

Francois Hollande confirms hostage-taking in Paris took away 4 human lives -- ITAR-TASS

French Forces Kill Charlie Hebdo Suspects, Hostage Taker -- Radio Free Europe

‘I am a defender of the prophet… journalists are not civilians, but targets’: Chilling boast of terrorists responsible for Charlie Hebdo massacre and carnage in kosher grocery -- Daily Mail

Gunman who shot dead a Paris policewoman the day after the Charlie Hebdo attack IS linked to the killers who gunned down magazine staff, say police -- Daily Mail

Kosher supermarket gunman Amedy Coulibaly 'coordinated' with suspected Charlie Hebdo attackers -- ABC News (Australia)

France's most wanted woman: 'Wife' of Kosher supermarket killer 'armed and dangerous' and on the run, police warn -- Daily Mail

France sieges end: Witness accounts -- BBC

Saved by hiding in the FREEZER: Thirty Jewish shoppers avoided being taken hostage at kosher deli by shutting themselves in cold storage, huddling together to stay warm -- Daily Mail

The hostage the terrorists didn't know they had: Print worker hid in cardboard box for eight hours and texted police while Charlie Hebdo gunmen held his boss captive in final showdown -- Daily mail

Inside the kosher store siege: First chilling image shows murdered hostage after dramatic standoff ends with deaths of terrorist and 'at least four' captives -- Daily Mail



Charlie Hebdo freelancer survived bloodbath because she was a woman: reports -- New York Daily News

'They spared me because I am a woman... but said I had to wear a veil': Horrific ordeal of Charlie Hebdo survivors who saw colleagues slaughtered in attack -- Daily Mail



In wake of Paris massacre, who were suspects in two hostage standoffs? -- CNN

Charlie Hebdo attack: Suspects' profiles -- BBC

Who's who: The five Paris terror suspects -- USA Today



Key events in Paris newspaper attack and hostage-takings -- AP

Timeline: How three days of terror unfolded in Paris -- USA Today



French hostage sites stormed: Pictures -- Reuters

In pictures: Police storm siege sites -- BBC