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Gunmen storm Paris satirical newspaper, killing at least 11 Gunmen storm Paris satirical newspaper, killing at least 12
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Gunmen opened fire in the offices of a satiral newspaper in Paris on Wednesday, killing at least 11 people in an attack that raised suspicions of possible reprisals for cartoons and articles on Muslim leaders. Masked gunmen opened fire Wednesday in the offices of a satirical newspaper in Paris that has faced previous threats for Muslim-related cartoons, killing at least 12 people in bloodshed that France’s president described as a terrorist attack.
French President Francois Hollande raced to the scene of the shooting at the newspaper Charlie Hebdo, a weekly that as drawn repeated threats for its caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed and other sketches and articles on Muslim figures. French officials immediately raised the terrorism alert to its highest level after the shooting at the newspaper Charlie Hebdo. Security was stepped at media outlets, transportation hubs and other sites.
French police said at least 11 people were killed, the Associated Press reported. The weekly had drawn repeated threats for its caricatures of the Prophet Muhammed and other sketches and articles on Muslim figures.
In 2011, the newspaper’s offices were firebombed in apparent response to a cover cartoon of the Prophet Mohammad. French President Francois Hollande called the shooting a “terrorist attack without a doubt,” but authorities had no immediate comment on possible suspects or motives.
A police official, Luc Poignant, told the Associated Press that the attackers escaped in two vehicles.
Top government officials, meanwhile, planned an emergency meeting. Hollande said that several other terror attacks have been thwarted “in recent weeks,” but gave no further details.
Paris prosecutor’s spokeswoman Agnes Thibault-Lecuivre, said 12 people were killed, the Associated Press reported.
One witness, Benoit Bringer, told the iTele network that he saw multiple masked men armed with automatic weapons storm the newspaper’s office in central Paris. The attack occurred just hours after the newspaper’s latest edition hit newsstands.
In 2011, the newspaper’s offices were firebombed in apparent response to a cover cartoon of the Prophet Muhammad. It later published other Muhammad caricatures that draw denunciations around the Islamic world.
In Britain, Prime Minister David Cameron called the attack “sickening.”