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Two Charlie Hebdo suspects killed in police shoot-out

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Cherif Kouachi (L), aged 32, and his brother Said Kouachi (R), aged 34 are believed to have been killed by the police
Cherif Kouachi (L), aged 32, and his brother Said Kouachi (R), aged 34 are believed to have been killed by the police

Two brothers suspected of slaughtering 12 people at the Charlie Hebdo magazine were killed Friday when elite police stormed the building they were holed up in and freed a hostage unhurt, sources close to the investigation said

As night fell explosions rang out when heavily-armed commandos made their move on a small printing firm in Dammartin-en-Goele northeast of Paris, killing the two massacre suspects. One police officer was injured.

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