France 2 has posted exclusive video of the police raid Friday on a Parisian kosher market, which left the perpetrator dead and freed a number of hostages who had been held for hours.
The video, which lasts for less than two minutes, shows police amassing at the entrance to the market. As the door opens, a body appears to be lying on the ground just inside. One officer enters the store and gunfire erupts. A figure is seen moving inside the store. The video then pauses as somebody exits the store entrance amid gunfire.
Once the video begins again, officers are seen streaming into the store and hostages flee from the scene. Toward the end, officers are seen dragging people away from the storefront.
The suspect, who reportedly had a connection to the attackers who killed journalists and police at the Paris offices of satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo earlier this week, was killed in the raid. As many as four hostages were also reportedly killed, though authorities have not confirmed the deaths.
Watch the video below, but be warned, it is graphic and disturbing:
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I was expecting more ninja. Or at least a fat democrat trapped on a toilet.
That one person running thru the door that police entered and who was apparently shot had to have been a hostage, right? What terrorist would try and go out the same door? They had the same body language of the hostages: trying to cover themselves.
The narrator says it’s the terrorist. When they went in he opened fire, so presumably they knew it was him. I guess he just freaked out and thought he could run through the rain without getting wet. Grim, grim stuff.
Ah, thanks for the translation.
Well, I’m never going to work for the UN but it seemed clear what she was saying. I know what you mean, it seems crazy to try to run out like that, but from other coverage it was obvious, as you’d expect, that they had the other entrances covered and were ready to go in or take him if he tried to come out. If he didn’t want to surrender, then he didn’t have many options. The American stereotype of the French as prissy, arty wimps is something of a misconception.