THE GUNMEN'S LAST STAND: Several injured as Charlie Hebdo killers seize HOSTAGES and exchange fire with police after they storm business premises near Paris airport
Al Qaeda brothers Cherif and Said Kouachi pursued by 20 police vans and cars on main route into the capital
Holed up with hostages inside printing business which is surrounded by commandos and police negotiators
Flights into the nearby Charles de Gaulle international airport have been aborted due its proximity to the siege
Hunt for Al Qaeda gunmen had focused on massive forest around 50 miles north-east of Paris overnight
Police fear they have taken AK-47s and rocket launchers with them to carry out bloody last stand or take hostages
By David Williams for the Daily Mail and Mark Duell and Simon Tomlinson and Peter Allen and Hannah Roberts and Emine Sinmaz In Longpont For Mailonline
Published: 03:02 EST, 9 January 2015 | Updated: 05:11 EST, 9 January 2015
Dozens of armed police have surrounded the Charlie Hebdo killers after they seized a hostage and are now holed up on an industrial estate near a Paris airport.
Al Qaeda brothers Cherif and Said Kouachi have been cornered in a village 25 miles from the capital after exchanging gunfire with police on a dramatic car chase this morning.
Officials denied earlier reports that two people had been killed after shots were fired during the operation, but confirmed a hostage had been taken.
French special forces were said to have begun negotiations with the Islamic fanatics, who murdered 12 people at the offices of the satirical newspaper on Wednesday.
As helicopters hovered overhead, France's Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said: 'A police operation is underway.'
Flights into the nearby Charles de Gaulle international airport have been aborted due to its proximity to the siege, around five miles away.
The suspects were holed up in a small printing business named Creating Trend Discovery, a source close to the investigation said. 'It's not sure how many people are inside,' the source said.
Prior to the standoff, the suspects had hijacked a Peugeot 206 in Montagny-Sainte-Felicite from a woman who said she recognised them as the wanted men, a police source said.
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