STUDENTS ON LOCKDOWN DUE TO MANHUNT IN LATEST PARIS TERROR.

NBC reports:
Students at schools near the scene of the terror siege were on lockdown Friday as police swarmed the French town where the Charlie Hebdo massacre suspects were believed to be holding at least one person hostage.

About 500 students, mostly aged from 16 and 18, were being kept inside the Lycee Charles de Gaulle high school in the town of Dammartin-en-Goele, which was surrounded by armed police as authorities cornered the suspects.


Some used cellphones to call or send messages to parents and friends. "Dammartin is surrounded by the [armed police]," student Marion Genay told NBC News via Twitter. "There is a very tense atmosphere, being locked in the high school."

Earlier, she posted: "May God protect us and give assistance to hostages." Around 1,000 students normally attend the school but teachers were able to make some telephone calls to warn people not to come, according to a receptionist who identified herself as Mme. Dominguez.

"We are not allowing anyone in, including parents," she said. "Students are allowed to use phones to contact family to reassure them that everything is fine. Most are calm, some are crying."