Breaking News: Charlie Hebdo Attackers Killed.

Cherif and Said Kouachi, the two brothers wanted in the massacre
at the offices of Charlie Hebdo magazine, have been killed by security forces in a town where they'd been surrounded, a local mayor said.

About the same time late Friday afternoon, explosions could be heard around where people were being held hostage in a kosher grocery store in eastern Paris.

STANDOFF IN DAMMARTIN-EN-GOELE

• The male hostage who was being held by the Kouachi brothers inside a printing business in Dammartin-en-Goele is safe, Othis Mayor Bernard Corneille said.

• The brothers were killed in an operation by security forces, Corneille said. French media also reported their deaths, citing police sources.

• Four helicopters, including a medical helicopter, landed at a site near where the operation took place.

• Men were on the roof of the building where the Kouachi brothers -- the suspects in the massacre at the offices of Charlie Hebdo -- are believed to be, images from CNN affiliate BFMTV showed. Smoke could be seen rising from the building.

• A helicopter landed next to the building.

• Shots were heard shortly before 5 p.m. around the industrial area where the brothers were thought to be surrounded by law enforcement. At least large explosions were also heard.

• Yves Albarello, who is in France's parliament, said on French channel iTele that the two suspects told police by phone that they wanted to die as martyrs.

• A salesman, who identified himself only as Didier, told France Info radio that he shook one of the gunman's hands around 8:30 a.m. Friday as they arrived at a Dammartin-en-Goele printing business -- the same place where the Kouachi brothers are thought to be. Didier told the public radio station that he first thought the man, who was dressed in black and heavily armed, was a police officer.

As he left, the armed man said, "Go, we don't kill civilians." Didier said, "It wasn't normal. I did not know what was going on."

• Dammartin-en-Goele residents were told to stay inside, and schools were put on lockdown, the mayor's media office told CNN on Friday. Shops in the town have been told to close.

Source:CNN