Shots were fired during a car chase and at least one hostage was taken to the north-east of Paris on Friday, in the same area police were hunting for two brothers accused of slaughtering 12 people in an Islamist assault.

18:12 IST: New shooting breaks out in eastern Paris: Sources

17:52 IST: French police seal off town as they close in on newspaper killing suspects

17:50 IST: Terrorists tell police that they are al-Qaeda in Yemen

17:49 IST: Paris policewoman killing linked to massacre brothers: French Police

17:25 IST : Phone contact made with terror suspects holding hostage northeast of Paris: French official

17:14 IST : France at 'war' with terrorism, not religion: France Prime Minister

17:07 (IST): Outlined building is a printing facility where terrorists are holed up

16: 30 (IST): Charlie Hebdo hunt: Paris shooting suspects surrounded

16:12 (IST):There is a possibility of a copy cat attack and we have received certain intelligence in this regard. Authorities have foiled several attempted plots to carry out attacks in France in the last few months: President Hollande

16:12 (IST): Sources say that the attackers have conveyed to the police that they want to die as martyrs

16:01 (IST): We must make sure that all citizens are part of the republic. We will do everything we can to protect our citizens: French President Francois Hollande

15:58 (IST): SWAT teams have been deployed in Dammartin-en-Goele to corner the killers. Police sources say that the attackers have been surrounded from all directions.

15:55 (IST): Hostage negotiation is underway. French Police is in touch with Charlie Hebdo attackers. Sources say that the hostage likely to be a woman.

15:46 (IST): Armed securtiy forces fly overhead in a military helicopter in Dammartin-en-Goele

15:28 (IST): Police officer block the roads leading to Dammartin-en-Goele

15:27 (IST): Police officers control the access to Dammartin-en-Goele in northeast Paris.

15:26 (IST): Police vans are lined up in Dammartin-en-Goele as the operation to seize two heavily armed suspects in underway

15:21 (IST): Security has been stepped up at British ports and armed police are on patrol at the Eurostar terminal at London's St Pancras station after the Paris attack.

15:19 (IST): Meanwhile, the Britain's spy chief has warned that the al Qaeda network is plotting a terrorist strike in Britain to inflict mass casualties similar to the newsroom massacre at Charles Hebdo.

15:17 (IST): The fugitive suspects are French-born sons of Algerian-born parents, both in their early 30s, and already under police surveillance. US and European sources close to the investigation said on Thursday that one of the brothers, Said Kouachi, was in Yemen in 2011 for several months training with Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), one of the group's most active affiliates.

15:14 (IST): French security forces swarmed a small industrial town northeast of Paris on Friday

15:13 (IST): Police helicopter circles over Dammartin-en-Goele, northeast Paris, as part of an operation to seize the two heavily armed suspects

15:12 (IST): French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve while addressing reporters admitted that an operation to nab the Charlie Habdo killers is underway in Paris

15:10 (IST): The fugitive suspects are French-born sons of Algerian-born parents, both in their early 30s, and already under police surveillance.

15:09 (IST): The two terrorist brothers, Said Kouachi and Cherif Kouachi along with a third accomplice Hamyd Mourad, killed 12 people at the Charlie Hebdo office in Paris on Wednesday. 18-year-old Mourad had surrendered after the police had released the names of the attackers. Police claim that the surrendered terrorist is cooperating in the operation.

15:00 (IST): Police sources said that two suspects have been sighted in the town.

14:56 (IST): Paris Prosecutor's office has denied reports that one person has been killed in shootout in Dammartin-En-Goele

14:55 (IST): According to reports, the suspects are hiding with the hostage in a warehouse in Dammartin En Goelle area.

14:53 (IST): French Interrior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve confirmed that the operation to detain the suspects is underway northeast of Paris

14:52 (IST): French Police convoy, helicopters rush to the scene of operation to detain the shooting suspects

14:51 (IST): It is not yet confirmed over how many people are being held hostage, according to a police source close to the investigation.

14:51 (IST): Shots were fired during a car chase and at least one hostage was taken to the north-east of Paris on Friday, in the same area police were hunting for two brothers accused of slaughtering 12 people in an Islamist assault.

14:45: (IST): Charlie Hebdo attackers are holding at least one hostage in north east of Paris even as the French police's operation to nab the killers is underway.

Source: IBN