Charlie Hebdo hunt: Shots fired as police close in, A huge police operation is under way in a town north-east of Paris as police move in to detain the men suspected of massacring staff at Charlie Hebdo magazine.
Shots were fired earlier as the gunmen hijacked a car.
Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve confirmed the operation in Dammartin-en-Goele, 35 km (22 miles) from Paris.
At least one hostage has been taken at a warehouse in the small town, French media reports suggest.
A convoy of police vehicles is heading by motorway to the scene.
The development comes nearly 48 hours since the attack on the magazine's office, when 12 people were shot dead.
The heavily armed gunmen fled Paris by car after the attack.
