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Several hostages have been freed and an armed man has been killed after a siege at a kosher supermarket ended in eastern Paris today.
Police confirmed earlier that hostage-taker Amedy Coulibaly, 32, is now dead after holding several hostages for over four hours at the Jewish-run Hyper Cacher supermarket in the Paris suburb of Porte de Vincennes.
Unconfirmed reports from a number of news agencies have said that four hostages were killed during the siege.
Live images from the area showed emergency services flooding the building following the police operation.
The news followed reports of six explosions as police entered the building.
Watch the siege unfold live below
Show all 25 1 /25In pictures: Kosher grocery attack in Paris In pictures: Kosher grocery attack in Paris Kosher grocery attack Members of the French police special forces evacuate the hostages after launching the assault at a kosher grocery store in Porte de Vincennes, eastern Paris
In pictures: Kosher grocery attack in Paris Kosher grocery attack Members of the French police special forces evacuate the hostages after launching the assault at a kosher grocery store in Porte de Vincennes, eastern Paris
In pictures: Kosher grocery attack in Paris Kosher grocery attack A security officer directs released hostages after they stormed a kosher market to end a hostage situation
In pictures: Kosher grocery attack in Paris Kosher grocery attack Members of the French police special forces evacuate the hostages including a child (C) after launching the assault at a kosher grocery store in Porte de Vincennes, eastern Paris
In pictures: Kosher grocery attack in Paris Kosher grocery attack A general view of members of the French police special forces launching the assault at a kosher grocery store in Porte de Vincennes, eastern Paris
In pictures: Kosher grocery attack in Paris Kosher grocery attack French police forcibly stop young people on a scooter as they arrive near the scene of a hostage taking at a kosher supermarket in eastern Paris
In pictures: Kosher grocery attack in Paris Kosher grocery attack French police forcibly stop at gun point young people on a scooter as they arrive near the scene of a hostage taking at a kosher supermarket in eastern Paris
In pictures: Kosher grocery attack in Paris Kosher grocery attack French police special forces evacuate local residents in Saint-Mande, near Porte de Vincennes, eastern Paris
In pictures: Kosher grocery attack in Paris Kosher grocery attack People are led away from the scene as Police mobilize with reports of a hostage situation at Port de Vincennes in Paris
In pictures: Kosher grocery attack in Paris Kosher grocery attack People are led away from the scene as Police mobilize with reports of a hostage situation at Port de Vincennes in Paris
In pictures: Kosher grocery attack in Paris Kosher grocery attack Police are mobilized (L) with reports of a hostage situation at Port de Vincennes in Paris
In pictures: Kosher grocery attack in Paris Kosher grocery attack Police are mobilized with reports of a hostage situation at Port de Vincennes in Paris
In pictures: Kosher grocery attack in Paris Kosher grocery attack Police mobilize with reports of a hostage situation at Port de Vincennes in Paris
In pictures: Kosher grocery attack in Paris Kosher grocery attack Members of the French police special force advance with their equipment near the scene of a hostage taking at a kosher supermarket in eastern Paris
In pictures: Kosher grocery attack in Paris Kosher grocery attack Police gather with reports of a hostage situation at Port de Vincennes in Paris
In pictures: Kosher grocery attack in Paris Kosher grocery attack Police officers gather on the closed ring road that circles Paris near a hostage-taking situation at a kosher market i
In pictures: Kosher grocery attack in Paris Kosher grocery attack Emergency services workers arrive at a hostage-taking situation at a kosher market in Paris
In pictures: Kosher grocery attack in Paris Kosher grocery attack Members of the French police special force RAID take position in Saint-Mande, near Porte de Vincennes
In pictures: Kosher grocery attack in Paris Kosher grocery attack Police arrive with guns at Port de Vincennes in Paris
In pictures: Kosher grocery attack in Paris Kosher grocery attack Police arrive with guns at Port de Vincennes in Paris
In pictures: Kosher grocery attack in Paris Kosher grocery attack Police mobilize with reports of a hostage situation at Port de Vincennes
In pictures: Kosher grocery attack in Paris Kosher grocery attack Hooded police officers cross the closed ring road that circles Paris near a hostage-taking situation at a kosher market in Paris
In pictures: Kosher grocery attack in Paris Kosher grocery attack Police forces arrive at the scene where suspected armed man has taken hostages in kosher grocery in Paris
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In pictures: Kosher grocery attack in Paris Kosher grocery attack A general view of the scene of a hostages taking at a kosher supermarket in eastern Paris
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In pictures: Kosher grocery attack in Paris Kosher grocery attack A general view of the scene of a hostages taking at a kosher supermarket (seen in rear) in eastern Paris
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During the siege, police announced that they were pursuing 32-year-old Amedy Coulibaly in connection with the Paris siege, as well as his 26-year-old girlfriend Hayat Boumedienne, 26.
The news of the death of Coulibaly came within moments of police reporting that Said Kouachi and Cherif Kouachi the chief suspects in the Charlie Hebdo killings had also been killed.
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