Paris (AFP) - 09:44 GMT - FRENCH POLICE IDENTIFY SUSPECT IN SHOOTING OF POLICEWOMAN: SOURCE
09:44 GMT - No casualties - There have been no reported casualties in the exchange of fire and hostage-taking, prosecutors tell AFP.
Police have closed in on Said and Cherif Kouachi, who are thought to have taken one hostage at a small printing shop in Seine-et-Marne, around 12 kilometres (7.5 miles) from Paris' main airport Charles De Gaulle.
09:42 GMT - PARIS MASSACRE SUSPECTS HOLDING ONE HOSTAGE: POLICE SOURCE
09:39 GMT - 'Neutralise' - A police operation is underway to "neutralise" the two suspects, says French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve.
"An operation is under way which is set to neutralise the perpetrators of the cowardly attack carried out two days ago," he says in a televised statement.
09:36 GMT - WELCOME TO AFP'S LIVE REPORT on the hunt for the two brothers accused of slaughtering 12 people in an Islamist assault on French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo.
A dramatic hostage situation is under way in an area northeast of Paris where shots were fired early Friday during a car chase, with at least one hostage taken.
The drama unfolded at a business in Dammartin-en-Goele and came 48 hours into a massive manhunt for the Islamist gunmen who attacked the Charlie Hebdo offices on Wednesday.
It was not immediately clear how many people were being held hostage, according to a police source close to the investigation.
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