Update | Gunman's wife armed and at large in France after Charlie Hebdo hostage drama ends
Charlie Hebdo suspects went down firing. Paris police storm Jewish store releasing hostages. Interior minister advises 'extreme vigilance'
Two brothers wanted for a bloody attack on the offices of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo were killed on Friday when anti-terrorist police stormed their hideout, while a second siege by an accomplice at a supermarket ended with the deaths of four hostages.
A fourth suspect, Hayat Boumeddiene - the common law wife of the supermarket attacker - was still at large and believed to be armed. It was unclear how she escaped as police surrounded the building.
One of the two brothers said shortly before his death that he was funded by al-Qaeda, Reuters reported.
France’s interior minister called for “extreme vigilance” after the attacks.
Bernard Cazeneuve said after an emergency security meeting on Saturday that the government is deploying hundreds of troops in addition to thousands of police and other security forces. “We are exposed to risks,” he said, and France is maintaining its terror alert system at the highest level in the Paris region.
President Francois Hollande had convened the meeting to discuss how to thwart any new attack.