France Hostage Crises Ends, Suspects Killed In Paris Siege

French police ended two connected hostage situations in France on Friday by storming a Jewish supermarket and a small printing company and killing the two brothers suspected of being behind the Charlie Hebdo attack, as well as their accomplice.

The two hostage situations unfolded in the early hours of Friday, when the two brothers, Said and Cherif Kouachi, engaged police in a high speed chase and gunfire in the town of Dammartin-en-Goele before taking a hostage and holing up in a local printing company known as CDT printing.

The second hostage situation took place in eastern Paris, when a suspect reportedly connected to the Kouachi brothers took over a Jewish supermarket, killing two and holding five hostages.

Both hostage situations ended Friday when police successfully shot and killed the three suspects. The Kouachi brothers reportedly attempted to flee the small printing business when they were gunned down by police.

NPR reports that there remains conflicting information as to whether any of the hostages were killed during Friday morning's standoff.

The end to Friday's siege served as an end to the terror that has gripped France for the past 48 hours, after two suspects opened fire on staff at the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo, killing 12 and leading police on a days-long manhunt.

The recent attack on Charlie Hebdo, which would publish cartoons irreverent toward religion, cause France to make Charlie Hebdo an honorary citizen of Paris.

"By choosing to grant it to Charlie Hebdo, Paris – our city – shows a heroic newspaper the respect due to heroes," Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo said in a statement.