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07/01/2015 / FRANCE 


In pictures: the attack on French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo 

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Photo of two masked men shooting posted on Twitter.

Armed men attacked the headquarters of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo on Wednesday morning, killing at least 12 people, including four of the magazine’s cartoonists and two policemen.  A further 11 people were reportedly injured, four of them critically. This terrifying attack in Paris's 11th arrondissement (district) was photographed and filmed by witnesses. 

The attackers, who wielded automatic rifles, entered the magazine’s offices at about 11.30am. Neighbours then heard numerous shots being fired. In an amateur video of the attack, one of the attackers is heard yelling, in French, “We have avenged the Prophet Mohammed.”

The magazine’s offices had been under police protection since 2006, which is the year they first published controversial caricatures of Mohammed. In October 2011, their offices, which were then located in Paris’s 20th arrondissement, were set on fire just before the planned publication of a special issue of the magazine renamed “Sharia Hebdo, with Mohammed as editor-in-chief”.  

Images of the attack

Tweeted at 12:30: A police car full of bullet holes near the magazine’s offices. Photo by William Molonié.




Voiture de police cible tirs bvd richard Lenoir #CharlieHebdo pic.twitter.com/1CvlyEAYUP— William Molinié (@WilliamMolinie) 7 Janvier 2015

Tweeted at 12:36: An injured victim is carried away by medics. 




un 2e blesse grave est sorti #CharlieHebdo pic.twitter.com/sNVBnLqqvh— yve cresson (@yvecresson) 7 Janvier 2015

Tweeted at 12:45: The attackers continue shooting as they leave the building. 




Les tireurs de #ChalieHebdo face à une voiture de police. Ils ont fait feu, les policiers ont répliqué puis reculé pic.twitter.com/Ld1sxkRLvW— Elise Barthet (@EliseBarthet) 7 Janvier 2015

Caught in the crossfire

This video of the attack was filmed by an amateur. As shots continue to ring out, a passerby rushes to hide between two parked cars (at 0’14”). 






In another video published on Facebook, two masked men can be seen shooting a man who appears to be wearing a police uniform. Due to the shocking content of this video, we have chosen to publish only screen grabs. In the first image, the two armed men are standing near their car. They shoot several times in the street, before walking over to a man lying on the ground. One of them shoots him point blank, and they walk on. Shortly afterwards, they turn around and head back to their car. One of the men picks up a shoe on the pavement before getting into the vehicle.





In a video filmed in the same street by a journalist from the agency Premières Lignes, you can see a group of people who have taken refuge on a rooftop, as shots ring out. One of them is wearing a bulletproof vest). The video then shows the two shooters, further down the street, shooting again. 


 

Tweeted at 13:00: The shooters' abandoned car  

The car used by the shooters to flee the scene was abandoned in the 19th arrondissement of Paris. According to witnesses, they took off on foot before hijacking another car and heading towards the north of Paris. Special police forces have been deployed in the suburbs north of the capital. 




Les tireurs ont abandonné leur voiture dans le 19ème, ils ont pris la fuite à pied. #charliehebdo pic.twitter.com/X3TyeMswTA— Hugo Clément (@hugoclement) January 7, 2015

Tweeted at 13:05: A team of bomb disposal experts arrived on the scene to search the abandoned car. 
 



Déminage en cours sur la voiture des tireurs. #Charliehebdo pic.twitter.com/X276dHsM9f— Hugo Clément (@hugoclement) 7 Janvier 2015


A "chilling prophecy": This is the last cartoon by Charb, one of the illustrators killed in the attack. 




Charb dans le dernier @Charlie_Hebdo_ // prophétie glaçante pic.twitter.com/52WHijF6gN— jerome bermyn (@jbermyn) 7 Janvier 2015

 The cartoon's title reads, "Still no attacks on France". The jihadist in the cartoon says, "Wait! We still have until the end of January to give our wishes." 
 

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Fake show

                    Submitted by honest opinion  (not verified) on Thu, 08/01/2015 - 06:51.        

The attack just happened, and we hear some french media try to relate what happened with Muslims even before investigations!!! This gives everybody suspicions about these media role in both; the attack and falsification the truth about Muslims. Everybody was discussing the attack yesterday, wondering how those guys in the video acted as there are no police or security in all over France!!! and how did that Kalashnikov guns get into to the country? !!!
If there is something makes me sad, that victims how used in this fake show :-( This is so ridiculous.

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My heart goes out to the

                    Submitted by Unregistered user (not verified) on Thu, 08/01/2015 - 00:29.        

My heart goes out to the families of those killed promoting freedom of speech. Such a loss but I know others will fill their shoes. Remember these brave people who carried out their work of satirizing people all over the world, did not die in vain nor should this cowardly act cause the people of France to back down.
My prayers and thoughts are with you all, God Bless France!!
Mon coeur va aux familles des personnes tuées promotion de la liberté d'expression. Une telle perte, mais je sais que d'autres viendront combler leurs chaussures. Se souvenir de ces braves gens qui ont effectué leur travail de satire gens partout dans le monde, ne est pas mort en vain et ne devrait cet acte lâche provoquer le peuple de France à reculer.
Mes prières et mes pensées sont avec vous tous, Dieu bénisse la France !!!
-Gerry
California, USA

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http://www.independent.co.uk/

                    Submitted by Unregistered user (not verified) on Wed, 07/01/2015 - 23:29.        

http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/profile-general-philippe-morillon--bosnia-i-am-with-you-tony-barber-reports-from-zvornik-on-th...

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Charlie Hebdo

                    Submitted by T. Cox (not verified) on Wed, 07/01/2015 - 20:14.        

Sickening. Horrible. Parents, husbands, wives, loved ones - lives shattered. Heart-breakiing.

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