In Paris, Terrorists Kill 2 More, Take At Least 7 Hostages

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In Paris, Terrorists Kill 2 More, Take At Least 7 Hostages

Posted by timothy on Friday January 9, 2015 @04:31AM from the illiberality-in-action dept.

As reported by The Daily Beast, news on the ongoing terror attack (or attacks) in Paris. Chérif and Saïd Kouachi, who are accused of slaughtering 12 in an attack on Charlie Hebdo magazine, have been cornered by hundreds of security officials close to Charles de Gaulle Airport, north of Paris. Officials say they believe the heavily armed brothers are holding one hostage. Twenty miles south, in the east of the city, at least one gunman is believed to have taken six hostages at a Jewish store. Police suspect that the third gunman is the same man who shot and killed a policewoman on Thursday morning before escaping in a bulletproof vest. Update: 01/09 17:44 GMT by T : And now all three of the gunmen involved in today's hostage taking are dead. Watch this space for updates. Update: 01/09 17:15 GMT by T : CNN's story features a stream of updates (and an autoplaying video ad to beware), as does The Telegraph. Latest news is that brothers Cherif and Said Kouachi have been killed by police, but it's unclear whether the same is true of the third hostage-taker.

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Re:Besides the blantant bloodshed... by Anonymous Coward · 2015-01-09 04:42 · Score: 5, Funny

before escaping in a bulletproof vest.
because it's rather impressive that one of the terrorists made a makeshift vehicle using only a bulletproof vest.
Swift Karma by Tolkienite · 2015-01-09 04:57 · Score: 5, Funny

I'm glad karma took the quick route for once. For islamic fundamentalists to die in a kosher store and in a printing press after attacking a magazine. Can't beat that.
Re:why? by Iniamyen · 2015-01-09 04:58 · Score: 4, Funny

That stuff isn't always fact-checked or verified. What you get with /. is the second-to-none integrity of the information that's provided.
Re:Besides the blantant bloodshed... by Culture20 · 2015-01-09 05:28 · Score: 5, Funny

whoosh
That's one fast vest!
Re:Besides the blantant bloodshed... by PolygamousRanchKid+ · 2015-01-09 05:45 · Score: 4, Funny

Looking back upon Slashdot history (you know, back when it was News for Nerds ),

Way back then, it used to be Nudes for Nerds
You must be Nude here . . .

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Re:Besides the blantant bloodshed... by Anonymous Coward · 2015-01-09 05:56 · Score: 5, Funny

Complaining about the irrelevance of stories is a time honored tradition here, along with grammar nazis and tired memes.
That should be grammar Nazis.
Re:Besides the blantant bloodshed... by hibiki_r · 2015-01-09 06:02 · Score: 4, Funny

Slashdot will really be in trouble if Natalie Portman ever goes into politics.
Re:Besides the blantant bloodshed... by t_ban · 2015-01-09 06:18 · Score: 5, Funny

Jeez, I'd really like to meet this Cmdrtaco guy who carried out the strike on Iraq, arrested Saddam Hussein and won the presidency for Obama!

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