BREAKING NEWS: Shots fired in car chase with Charlie Hebdo killers amid fears they have taken hostages on 'martyrdom mission' towards Paris.
Al Qaeda brothers Cherif and Said Kouachi stole a Peugeot this morning in the town of Montagny Sainte Felicite, around 30 miles northeast of the capital.
It is thought they may have taken hostages.
The dramatic development came as thousands of police and soldiers continued their hunt for the Al Qaeda gunmen in a nearby forest.
A massive convoy of 20 police vans and cars heading down the road towards Paris.
The search for Al Qaeda gunmen last night focused on a cave in a vast forest in northern France, but has turned up nothing.
The pair left behind their identity cards in the Citroen they used for the massacre – a move which appeared deliberate, intelligence specialists said.
There was also no sign of the AK-47s and rocket launchers which they had earlier been seen with, suggesting they had taken them into the forest.
Police now fear they could take hostages or are planning a final 'spectacular' before capture as the search enters its third day.
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