Paris gunman ‘likely’ killed hostages at start of siege

French police officers investigate the scene at the Hyper Casher kosher grocery store near Porte de Vincennes in eastern Paris after police launched an assault killing the gunman holed up in the market and freeing the hostages. AFP PHOTO

PARIS: The four people killed Friday at a Jewish supermarket in Paris were ‘likely’ killed by the gunman at the start of the hostage taking, said the prosecutor leading the investigation.

Pointing to the “state of the bodies” and gunman Amedy Coulibaly’s own remarks in a phone interview with French television from the scene, prosecutor Francois Molins said it seemed “no hostage was killed during the assault” by police that ended the siege.