Paris grocery hostage-taking: Police release mugshots of man and woman linked to policewoman killing

A composite image of two handout pictures released by French Police in Paris on Jan 9, 2015, shows Amedy Coulibaly (left) and Hayat Boumeddiene, suspects in connection with the shooting attack on Jan 8, 2015, in Montrouge, France. -- PHOTO: EPA/
A composite image of two handout pictures released by French Police in Paris on Jan 9, 2015, shows Amedy Coulibaly (left) and Hayat Boumeddiene, suspects in connection with the shooting attack on Jan 8, 2015, in Montrouge, France. -- PHOTO: EPA/FRENCH POLICE
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January 9, 2015 at 9:51 PM

PARIS (AFP) - French police released mugshots of a man and woman wanted over the killing of a policewoman on Thursday, who are now thought to be holed up with hostages in an east Paris kosher grocery.

They were named as Amedy Coulibaly, 32, and Hayat Boumeddiene, 26, and are considered "armed and dangerous". At least two people have been killed in the stand-off at the grocery store, according to official sources.

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