At least 11 killed in shooting at office of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo (1 Viewer)

Hel · Jan 7, 2015

(video of the two terrorists shooting and killing a person)

http://edition.cnn.com/2015/01/07/europe/france-satire-magazine-gunfire/index.html

Paris (CNN)At least 11 people were killed and four were seriously wounded in Wednesday's attack at the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo in Paris, French President Francois Hollande told reporters.

"This is a terrorist attack, there is no doubt about this," he said.

[Latest update at 7:14 a.m. ET]

• Journalists and policemen are among the victims in the attack, Hollande said. He said it would be a few hours before a definite number of injured is known.

• British Prime Minister David Cameron reacted to the deadly shooting, saying on Twitter: "The murders in Paris are sickening. We stand with the French people in the fight against terror and defending the freedom of the press."

[Original story posted at 7:05 a.m. ET]

The French government raised the country's security alert system to its highest level Wednesday after the attack, according to French media.

Two heavily armed men entered the Charlie Hebdo office and opened fire inside, SPG police union spokesman Luc Poignant told CNN affiliate BFMTV.

He said at least three police officers were injured. The Paris mayor's office said at least six people were wounded, according to BFMTV.

Hollande and other senior government officials were due to arrive at the scene of the shooting, BFMTV said.

A witness who works in the office opposite the magazine's told BFMTV that he saw two hooded men, dressed in black, enter the building with Kalashnikov submachine guns.

"We then heard them open fire inside, with many shots," he told the channel. "We were all evacuated to the roof. After several minutes, the men fled, after having continued firing in the middle of the street."

Witnesses also spoke of seeing a rocket launcher, according to French media reports.

It's not yet clear what happened to the gunmen or whether they remain at large. There has also been no claim of responsibility.

The satirical magazine's premises have been under long-running police surveillance because of a potential threat from Islamist extremists.

The magazine's office was burned three years ago in response to its publication of cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed.

In November 2011, Charlie Hebdo's offices caught fire the day it was due to publish a cover making fun of Islamic law.

Hel · Jan 7, 2015

12 killed now, also the Islamic terrorists have taken a hostage, one of them also shouted to the police that they had avanged the prophet Mohammed and that Charlie Hebdo is dead.

Hel · Jan 7, 2015

Gunmen Hunted After 12 Killed At Paris Magazine
Two masked men, reportedly armed with guns and a rocket-propelled grenade, shouted "we have avenged the prophet" as they attacked.
http://news.sky.com/story/1403662/gunmen-hunted-after-12-killed-at-paris-magazine

0rganDonor · Jan 7, 2015

Gunmen have attacked the Paris office of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, killing 12 people and injuring seven in an apparent Islamist attack.

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.

The gunmen shouted "we have avenged the Prophet Muhammad", witnesses say.

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.

BBC News report... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-30710883

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Hel · Jan 7, 2015

I already posted the video in world news thread
http://forum.goregrish.com/threads/...cal-magazine-charlie-hebdo.35278/#post-738070
but it was a youtube link, so it might be taken down.

0rganDonor · Jan 7, 2015

Just posted the video in Murder section without realising it was here!

rottenfresh · Jan 7, 2015

The extremists are trying to suppress free speech all over the world. Terrorist are kidnapping and murdering reporters because they're god and prophets can't defend themselves I guess.

TehBitch · Jan 7, 2015

Merged.

0rganDonor · Jan 7, 2015

TehBitch said:
Merged.

Should it not have stood alone in True Gore section? My bad.

DeathHand · Jan 7, 2015

Great post, Hel - I got caught up watching the twitter posts, lol.

The first video is brutal - I wasn't expecting that close range shot to the head. That attacker has definitely had some serious weapons training.

A few Twitter Updates as things were unfolding (all times in Paris time)
4m ago
12:24
A police spokesman says the death toll has risen to 12 – 10 journalists and two policemen – with five seriously injured.

15m ago
12:14
Jon Henley has more information on the attackers, who have not been apprehended:

The attackers are still at large, French media is quoting police sources as saying. A Paris police spokesman, Rocco Contento, has confirmed that three attackers entered the magazine’s offices at around 11.30am carrying pump-action shotguns and Kalashnikovs. “They opened fire on everyone, it was butchery, a real slaughter,” Conteno has told the daily Libération.

“Some of the people there took refuge up on the roof. The attackers then emerged, and there was a shootout with police. One policeman has been seriously wounded, he may die. Two others are also wounded. The attackers then fled in the direction of the Porte de Pantin [on the outskirts of Paris] after hijacking a car.”

12.35pm
12:35
'Four attackers' hijacked a car

Rocco Contento, a spokesman for the Unité police union, has told reporters that three attackers got into a getaway car driven by a fourth man on fleeing the building and drove to Port de Pantin in north-east Paris, where they abandoned the first car and hijacked a second – turning the driver out into the road.

29s ago
12:37
The cartoonist Charb is in a critical condition, according to Libération. He was included in Al-Qaida’s Wanted list in 2013 for producing cartoons of the prophet Mohammed