PHOTOS: Hostage standoffs in Paris, 'Charlie Hebdo' shooting suspects involved

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Friday, January 9, 2015
A security officer directs released hostages after they stormed a kosher market to end a hostage situation, Paris, Friday, Jan. 9, 2015.
Security officers escort released hostages after they stormed a kosher market to end a hostage situation, Paris, Friday, Jan. 9, 2015.
Police officers arrive at a hostage-taking situation at a kosher market, in Paris, Friday Jan. 9, 2015.
Armed police officers walk on a roof of a building in Dammartin-en-Goele, northeast of Paris, where the two brothers suspected in a deadly terror attack were cornered.
Hooded police officers cross the closed ring road that circles Paris near a hostage-taking situation at a kosher market in Paris, Friday Jan. 9, 2015.
French police officers gather near a hostage-taking situation at a kosher market, visible in the background, in Paris, Friday, Jan. 9, 2015.
Police officer take shelter behind a gendarme car in Dammartin-en-Goele, northeast of Paris, where the two brothers suspected in a deadly terror attack were cornered.
French police officers gather near a hostage-taking situation at a kosher market, visible in the background at left, in Paris, Friday, Jan. 9, 2015.
A hooded police officer aim from a rooftop in Dammartin-en-Goele, northeast of Paris, where the two brothers suspected in a deadly terror attack were cornered, Friday, Jan.9, 2015.
An armed police officer stands on the roof of a building in Dammartin-en-Goele, northeast of Paris, where the two brothers suspected in a deadly terror attack were cornered.
This photo provided by The Paris Police Prefecture Thursday, Jan.8, 2015 shows the suspects Cherif, left, and Said Kouachi.
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PHOTOS: Hostage standoffs in Paris, 'Charlie Hebdo' shooting suspects involvedA security officer directs released hostages after they stormed a kosher market to end a hostage situation, Paris, Friday, Jan. 9, 2015.

Two hostage standoffs unfolding in and around Paris are believed to be related to Wednesday's deadly shooting at the "Charlie Hebdo" newspaper office.