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French Police Respond to Hostage Situation in Industrial Estate

By TIME Staff
Armed security forces fly overhead in a military helicopter in Dammartin-en-Goele, northeast of Paris, Jan. 9, 2015.
Armed security forces fly overhead in a military helicopter in Dammartin-en-Goele, northeast of Paris, Jan. 9, 2015. Thibault Camus—AP
Police and army forces take positions in Dammartin-en-Goele, northeast Paris, as part of an operation to seize two heavily armed suspects, Jan. 9, 2015
Police and army forces take positions in Dammartin-en-Goele, northeast Paris, as part of an operation to seize two heavily armed suspects, Jan. 9, 2015. Michel Spingler—AP
Members of the French gendarmerie intervention forces arrive at the scene of a hostage taking at an industrial zone in Dammartin-en-Goele, northeast of Paris, Jan. 9, 2015.
Members of the French gendarmerie intervention forces arrive at the scene of a hostage taking at an industrial zone in Dammartin-en-Goele, northeast of Paris, Jan. 9, 2015. Christian Hartmann—Reuters
Children wait inside the Henri Dunand school before being moved to a safe location to be picked up by their parents in Dammartin-en-Goele, northeast of Paris, France, Jan. 9, 2015.
Children wait inside the Henri Dunand school before being moved to a safe location to be picked up by their parents in Dammartin-en-Goele, northeast of Paris, France, Jan. 9, 2015. Peter Dejong—AP
Police forces evacuate the children of the Henry-Dunant primary school located next to printing company Creation Tendance Decouverte CTD, where the two Charlie Hebdo gunmen are detaining a hostage, in Dammartin-en-Goele, north of Paris, France on Jan. 9, 2015.
Police forces evacuate the children of the Henry-Dunant primary school located next to printing company Creation Tendance Decouverte CTD, where the two Charlie Hebdo gunmen are detaining a hostage, in Dammartin-en-Goele, north of Paris, France on Jan. 9, 2015. Thierry Orban—Abaca
French police officers patrol in Dammartin-en-Goele where two brothers suspected of slaughtering 12 people in an Islamist attack on French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo held one person hostage as police cornered the gunmen, on Jan. 9, 2015.
French police officers patrol in Dammartin-en-Goele where two brothers suspected of slaughtering 12 people in an Islamist attack on French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo held one person hostage as police cornered the gunmen, on Jan. 9, 2015. Sipa
Smoke rises from a building in Dammartin-en-Goele, northeast of Paris, where the two brothers suspected in a deadly terror attack were cornered, Jan. 9, 2015.
Smoke rises from a building in Dammartin-en-Goele, northeast of Paris, where the two brothers suspected in a deadly terror attack were cornered, Jan. 9, 2015. Michel Spingler—AP

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