Charlie Hebdo terror attack: 12 dead
Yahoo7 and Agencies
January 8, 2015, 5:26 am
Heavily armed men shouting "Allahu Akbar" have stormed the Paris headquarters of a satirical weekly, killing 12 people in the worst attack in France in decades.
The assault on Charlie Hebdo headquarters in a quiet Paris neighbourhood sparked a massive man hunt as the two gunmen managed to escape, executing a wounded police officer as they fled.
* COLD BLOODED KILLERS SOW TERROR IN PARIS STREET
* PARIS GUNMEN LIKELY MILITARY TRAINED
* SATIRICAL NEWSPAPER HIGH ON JIHADIST HIT LIST
* WORLD LEADERS CONDEMN 'HORRENDOUS' PARIS ATTACK
A major man hunt is underway in Paris for three gunmen who shot dead 12 people at the office of a French weekly newspaper. Photo: AFP
The men remained on the run on Wednesday, with few clues on their whereabouts and parts of the French capital in lockdown.
Prosecutors said witnesses heard the gunmen shout "we have avenged the prophet" and "Allahu Akbar" (God is greatest) as they carried out the attack.
An injured person is transported to an ambulance after a shooting, at the French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo's office, in Paris. Photo: AP
Police said the calm, calculated manner of the assault showed they were highly trained.
Victims included four prominent cartoonists, including the chief editor, who had been holding a morning meeting when the assailants armed with Kalashnikovs burst in and opened fire, officials said.
Stephane Charbonnier also known as Charb, the editor of the satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo, displays the front page of the newspaper as he poses for photographers in Paris. Photo: AP
President Francois Hollande immediately rushed to the scene of what he called "an act of exceptional barbarism" and "undoubtedly a terrorist attack".
Amateur video shot after the bloodbath showed two men masked and dressed head-to-toe in black military style running toward a wounded policeman as he lay on the pavement.
The attacker says "you wanted to kill me?" before shooting the officer in the head execution style. The gunmen then climb into their getaway vehicle and drive off.
Masked gunmen shouting “Allahu akbar!” stormed the Paris offices of a satirical newspaper, killing at least 11 people including Charb, before escaping. Photo: AP
Large numbers of police and ambulances rushed to the scene, where shocked residents spilled into the streets. Reporters saw bullet-riddled windows and people being carried out on stretchers.
Two police were confirmed among the dead and four people were critically injured.
The attack took place at a time of heightened fears in France and other European capitals over fallout from the wars in Iraq and Syria, where hundreds of European citizens have gone to fight alongside the radical Islamic State group.
A smashed flower is on the street near the Charlie Hebdo offices after a deadly attack on the french satirical magazine in Paris, France. Photo: Getty
One man, who witnessed the attack, described a scene like "in a movie".
"I saw them leaving and shooting. They were wearing masks. These guys were serious," said the man who declined to give his name. "At first I thought it was special forces chasing drug traffickers or something."
An employee at a nearby daycare centre said he was walking with children when panic erupted.
"People leaned out of the window and yelled at me to get off the pavement," he said.
"We got out of there very fast," said Jean-Paul Chevalier, 56.
"People were panicking. I heard shooting."
Hollande called for "national unity", adding that "several terrorist attacks had been foiled in recent weeks".
US President Barack Obama condemned the attack, while British Prime Minister David Cameron called it "sickening".
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Tony Abbott @TonyAbbottMHR Follow
An unspeakable atrocity in Paris overnight. If you don't like something, you don't read it; you don't kill people you disagree with.
5:36 AM - 8 Jan 2015
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The satirical newspaper attacked on Wednesday gained notoriety in 2006 when it reprinted cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed that had originally appeared in Danish daily Jyllands-Posten, causing fury across the Muslim world.
Its offices were also fire-bombed in November 2011 when it published a cartoon of Mohammed under the title "Sharia Hebdo".
Despite being taken to court under anti-racism laws, the weekly continued to publish controversial cartoons of the Muslim prophet.
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