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Charlie Hebdo: Gun attack on French magazine kills 12 | |
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Gunmen have attacked the Paris office of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, killing 12 people and injuring seven, French officials say. | |
At least two masked attackers opened fire with assault rifles in the office and exchanged shots with police in the street outside before escaping by car. | |
President Francois Hollande said there was no doubt it had been a terrorist attack "of exceptional barbarity". | President Francois Hollande said there was no doubt it had been a terrorist attack "of exceptional barbarity". |
A major police operation is under way in the Paris area to catch the killers. | |
The latest tweet on Charlie Hebdo's account was a cartoon of the Islamic State militant group leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. | |
The satirical weekly has courted controversy in the past with its irreverent take on news and current affairs. | The satirical weekly has courted controversy in the past with its irreverent take on news and current affairs. |
The magazine was fire-bombed in November 2011 a day after it carried a caricature of the Prophet Muhammad. | The magazine was fire-bombed in November 2011 a day after it carried a caricature of the Prophet Muhammad. |
People had been "murdered in a cowardly manner", President Hollande told reporters at the scene. "We are threatened because we are a country of liberty," he added, appealing for national unity. | People had been "murdered in a cowardly manner", President Hollande told reporters at the scene. "We are threatened because we are a country of liberty," he added, appealing for national unity. |
UK Prime Minister David Cameron said in a tweet: "The murders in Paris are sickening. We stand with the French people in the fight against terror and defending the freedom of the press." | UK Prime Minister David Cameron said in a tweet: "The murders in Paris are sickening. We stand with the French people in the fight against terror and defending the freedom of the press." |
'Black-hooded men' | 'Black-hooded men' |
Two of those killed are police officers, France's AFP news agency reports, and several of the wounded are in a critical condition. | |
An eyewitness, Benoit Bringer, told French TV channel Itele: "Two black-hooded men entered the building with Kalashnikovs. | An eyewitness, Benoit Bringer, told French TV channel Itele: "Two black-hooded men entered the building with Kalashnikovs. |
"A few minutes later we heard lots of shots." | "A few minutes later we heard lots of shots." |
The men were then seen fleeing the building. | The men were then seen fleeing the building. |
"It's carnage," French police official Luc Poignant told another French channel, BFMTV. | "It's carnage," French police official Luc Poignant told another French channel, BFMTV. |
Police have warned French media to be on alert and pay attention to security following the attack. | Police have warned French media to be on alert and pay attention to security following the attack. |
The country was already on the alert for Islamist attacks after several incidents just before Christmas. | |
Cars were driven at shoppers in two cities, Dijon and Nantes, and police were attacked by a man wielding a knife in Tours. | |
While the French government denied the attacks were linked, it announced plans to further raise security in public spaces, including the deployment of around 300 soldiers. |