A gunman killed by police after a siege at a kosher supermarket in Paris claimed he "co-ordinated" with the Charlie Hebdo killers and was a member of the Islamic State group.
The claims, made during a call to France's BFMTV station, emerged after gunfire and explosions marked the violent conclusion to two hostage-takings 30 miles apart.
They came as more details of links between the three terrorists emerged and members of the public caught up in both sieges revealed how they survived their ordeal.
Just minutes separated the series of blasts at the Paris store and those that rocked a warehouse in Dammartin-en-Goele, where two brothers behind the attack on satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo's offices were holed up.
Police stormed both buildings almost simultaneously, killing brothers Said and Cherif Kouachi but saving their hostage, while at least four hostages and the jihadist gunman died at the Paris grocery store.
Amedy Coulibaly told BFMTV in the call from the supermarket that he had worked with the Kouachi brothers, who he described as his "officers".
"They (dealt with) Charlie Hebdo, I (dealt with) the police," he reportedly said.
Police became convinced the two attacks were linked after they established that Coulibaly's wife and fellow suspect Hayat Boumeddiene and the partner of one of the Kouachis had called each other more than 500 times last year.
They have subsequently established that Cherif Kouachi met Coulibaly in prison and the two men visited jihadist Djamel Beghal with their wives in 2010.
Coulibaly said he targeted the kosher supermarket because he wanted to defend Palestinians and target Jews.
In the taped conversation, he also acknowledged he had killed the four of the hostages. Fifteen others were freed when police stormed the building.
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula has claimed it directed the Kouachis in the attack on Charlie Hebdo "as revenge for the honour" of the Prophet Mohammad.
Witnesses said Said Kouachi, the elder of the brothers, claimed allegiance to al Qaeda during the attack and travelled to Yemen in 2011.
His brother told BFMTV in a separate recording: "I was sent, me, Cherif Kouachi, by Al Qaeda of Yemen. I went over there and it was Anwar al Awlaki who financed me."
However, Coulibaly claimed to be a member of Islamic State.
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Gallery: Faces Of Paris Suspects And Victims
French police have released mugshots of a man and a woman linked to the killing of a policewoman in Paris. They are also believed to be the hostage-takers involved in the siege at a Paris supermarket. Pictured is Hayat Boumeddiene, 26
Her accomplice was named as Amedy Coulibaly, 32
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