Paris Police: All Shops Closed In Famed Jewish Neighborhood Far From Attacks

Police officers walk in front of a hostage-taking situation at a kosher market, seen in blue in background, in Paris, Friday Jan.9, 2015. A police official says the man who has taken at least five people hostage in ... Police officers walk in front of a hostage-taking situation at a kosher market, seen in blue in background, in Paris, Friday Jan.9, 2015. A police official says the man who has taken at least five people hostage in a kosher market in Paris appears linked to the newsroom massacre earlier this week that left 12 people dead. (AP Photo/Francois Mori) MORE LESS
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Updated: January 9, 2015, 9:54 AM

PARIS (AP) — Police have ordered all shops closed in a famed Jewish neighborhood in central Paris, far from the two developing hostage situations.

The mayor’s office in Paris announced the closures Friday of shops along the Rosiers street in Paris’ Marais neighborhood, in the heart of the tourist district and about a kilometer away from the offices of newspaper Charlie Hebdo where 12 people were killed on Wednesday.

Hours before the Jewish Sabbath, the street is usually especially crowded with shoppers — French Jews and tourists alike.

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  1. Its depressing and frightening to think about, but if you had a slightly larger number of jihadists willing to take hostages and sacrifice themselves, they could bring Paris and the French government to its knees.

  2. And Steve Scalise…er David Duke…applauds…

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