Press evacuated from scene of kosher market standoff

Members of the press have been evacuated from the area around the current standoff around a kosher market in Porte de Vincennes, eastern Paris.

Many suspect that a police could move soon to break the standoff, which has seen at least five hostages held for hours.

It has not been confirmed whether there are links between the market standoff and the massacre at the offices of Charlie Hebdo on Wednesday.

However, a police source has told the BBC that the gunman holding hostages at the kosher market has demanded that the two brothers suspected of Wednesday's massacre be released.

The brothers are currently holed up in an industrial park in north Paris, where they are holding at least one suspect.