Victims of Paris supermarket siege identified
The four hostages killed in the siege at a kosher supermarket near a Jewish neighbourhood in Paris have been identified.
They have been named as Yoav Hattab, 21, Philippe Braham, aged in his 40s, Yohan Cohen, 22 and Francois-Michel Saada, aged in his 60s.
Witnesses who survived the attack have said the four victims died in the early stages of the stand-off, which came to an end when heavily-armed police stormed the building and killed the gunman, Amedy Coulibaly.
It comes as a Muslim store worker is hailed a hero for his role in saving the lives of up to 30 shoppers by leading them to a cold room in the basement of the store.
Named by reports as Lassana Bathily, the 24-year-old was initially treated as a suspect and handcuffed by police.
About 30 people cowered in the freezing temperatures while gunfire rang out in the store above them, the Daily Mail reports.
One of the shoppers, Johan Dorre, 36, called a friend and family member on his mobile phone as the drama played out overhead.
“Johan and the others were terrified that they would be discovered by the terrorists and were forced to huddle together like frightened animals to avoid hypothermia,” Johan’s uncle Jacob Katorza told the Daily Mail.
“Johan was to speak to my brother Haim by phone for only two or three minutes and told him to stay quiet and wait until help arrived.”
“Then we just stood at the barriers for five hours and waited for news. It was terrible - the longest five hours of my life.”
Morning news break – January 11
