4 hostages and three gunmen have been killed as two separate sieges in Paris have come to an end.

The two Koachi Brothers behind the Charlie Hebdo Massacre on Wednesday are among the dead.

A third man - who shot dead a policewoman yesterday and held several people hostage in a French supermarket has also been killed.

However a gunman from this incident is believed to have escaped and remains at large.

All of the gunmen are believed to be linked.

It is not clear clear if the hostage deaths occurred during the assault or earlier in the siege.

Sinead Spain reports: