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Thursday, 8 January 2015

POLICE OFFICER DIES IN SECOND SHOOTING IN PARIS

This is the second shooting a day after 2 gun men attacked a French magazine office
Thursday 08 January 2015
This morning a policewoman has died after a new
shooting took place in southern Paris
One suspect was arrested. Another fled on foot.
Witnesses say an assault rifle and handgun were used.
Special forces are at the scene
The two key suspects thought to be the Charlie Hebdo
gunmen are reported to have been located in northern
France on the RN2 in a grey Renault Clio with covered
number plates
Witnesses tweeted that the road has been closed to
traffic
Overnight seven arrests were made as police searched
for the gunmen who attacked the Charlie Hebdo
magazine office
Two brothers are the subject of the manhunt and are
still at large
A day of national mourning has been declared across
France
Several targets across France are reported to have been
attacked overnight in a suspected anti-Islamic backlash
Vigils were held through the night across the world,
while a minute of silence has been observed t

TERRORIST WHO STORMED FRENCH MAGAZINE HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED

This just in the 2 brother who stormed Paris and killed and injured individuals have been identified, brothers Cherif Kouachi 32 & Siad Kouachi 34,
both from Paris, have been identified as the men who
stormed into the office of French satirical magazine Charlie
Hebdo yesterday and killed 12 people, i
Including two police
officers. A third suspect, 18 year old Hamyd Mourad, who
didn't fire any shorts, surrendered to police late last night after
seeing his name circulating on social media. The two
brothers, who are said to have been trained in Yemen as
assassins, are still at large.
One of the suspects, Cherif Kouachi & 6 others were arrested
and sentenced to 3 years imprisonment for terrorism in Paris
in May 2008. All seven men were accused of sending about a
dozen young Frenchmen to join Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the
leader of Al Qaeda in Iraq, after funneling them through
radical religious establishments in Syria and Egypt. French
authorities believed Kouachi had been planning to go to Syria
for training in 2005.
They shot a police officer at point blank range as they fled the
Charlie Hebdo office yesterday

Wednesday, 7 January 2015

GUNMEN STORM FRENCH MAGAZINE 12 KILLED 10 INJURED

Gunmen on Wednesday stormed the offices of French satirical
magazine, Charlie Hebdo , killing 12 and wounding 10, in an
apparent terror attack.

Dressed in black hoods, the gunmen invaded the premises,
firing automatic weapons at people, while shouting “Allahu
Akbar,” a phrase commonly translated as “God is great,”
USA Today reports. The attackers are also said to have remarked
that the “prophet was avenged.”
The magazine is known for its controversial drawings and
cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed and other religious
figures.
Among those killed were the magazine’s editor, Stephane
Charbonnet and four cartoonists.
According to reports, hours before the attack, Charbonnet had
engaged in a public feud with terrorist group ISIS via Twitter.
He published a cartoon that appears to depict Abu Bakr al-
Baghdad, leader of the group:

This is a very sad news