A tense 2015 standoff in Paris ended a three-day manhunt that gripped the world

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A tense 2015 standoff in Paris ended a three-day manhunt that gripped the world

The world watched in collective silence on January 9, 2015, as French security forces launched simultaneous raids to end a terrifying three-day wave of violence that began at the Charlie Hebdo offices.

A massive manhunt reached its violent conclusion when French police cornered the gunmen responsible for the Charlie Hebdo massacre at a print shop in Dammartin-en-Goele. Simultaneously, a second crisis unfolded at a Hypercacher kosher supermarket in Vincennes, where an accomplice had taken several hostages.

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