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All hostages held at French supermarket freed

The hostage-taker is now alone in the supermarket with one police officer

A police source had said earlier that at least 8 people were being held hostage and that the hostage-taker had shot at a police officer, Reuters reports. 

Local police chief said authorities believed one person had been killed at the supermarket but they could not yet confirm it. Other sources put the death toll at two, according to BBC.