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Charlie Hebdo terrorists hunted in forest while huge search launched for police killer in capital

















 Jan 08, 2015 23:11



By Tom Parry, 
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Brothers Cherif and Said Kouachi focused around the village of Longpont while in Paris thousands sought the man who shot trainee Clarissa Jean-Philippe the head






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Night vision: Special officers join hunt tonight







Police and special forces used night vision gear and thermal imaging cameras to hunt down the Charlie Hebdo terrorists holed up in a forest tonight.Back in the capital thousands more searched for the man in black who blasted police trainee Clarissa Jean-Philippe, 27, in the back of the head, before fleeing into a Metro station.The cowardly murderer, said to be of African appearance, was wearing a bulletproof vest and carrying an assault rifle and a handgun when he attacked the rookie officer who had been called out to a traffic accident.FOR LATEST UPDATES FOLLOW OUR LIVE BLOG:As millions of people across the world made “Je Suis Charlie” gestures to show support for relatives of the 12 victims who died in the atrocity at the HQ of the satirical magazine, France went into full terror lockdown.Police mobilised 88,150 officers across the country – 9,650 in Paris alone – to tackle the latest menace posed by Islamist terrorism.The search for brothers Cherif, 32, and Said Kouachi, 34, who both have links to al-Qaeda, focused around the tiny village of Longpont, close to where they robbed a petrol station.


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Invasion: Tiny village of Longpont today


Armed police and combat troops swamped the wooded area, 60 miles north-east of Paris, using air support, looking for any sign of movement.The manager of an Avia petrol station called police after he was robbed at gunpoint.He had recognised Cherif and Said from mugshots broadcast on French TV and he saw their AK47s and a rocket launcher in their car.


Raid: Terrorists held up this petrol station at gunpoint today


Two police helicopters with thermal imaging cameras combed the area. And armed police sealed off the area with roadblocks.Shortly after 3pm more than 50 heavily armed police in body armour descended on the tiny hamlet after the brothers fled their car on foot with their guns and rocket launcher.Benoit Verdun, a hotel worker in Longpont said: “There are lots of policemen. They are asking people ‘have you seen anybody?’“The forest is bigger than Paris – it is very big and very wide. They will be very hard to find.”



 Several hours later there were reports of a sighting in the nearby town of Crepy-En-Valois where the terrorists were thought to be hiding, but it proved to be a false alarm.France held a day of mourning today for the 12 people killed by AK47s in the country’s worst terrorist atrocity this century.But the second attack sent shockwaves through the French capital as all major roads into Paris were blocked to frustrate further attacks.


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Taking no chances: Heavily armed officer


It was not clear whether the attack on the female officer was linked to the Charlie Hebdo massacre. But it had the hallmarks of a terror attack.One eyewitness said: “There was an officer in front of a white car and a man running who was shooting. The gunman wore dark clothes but no mask.”Another witness said: “I heard someone shout ‘Get help!’ I looked out of the window and saw two people who were flattening themselves against a wall and then my neighbour told me not to go outside.”


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Victim: Ms Jean-Philippe


 After shooting dead Ms Jean-Philippe at 8am, in the suburb of Montrouge – a middle class area in the south of Paris, the killer turned his gun on a street cleaner who tried to help her.He was taken to a nearby hospital where tonight his condition was described as “stable” and not critical. A 53-year-old man was arrested but the main gunman was still at large.Hundreds of officers flooded the entire Metro underground system but were unable to find the gunman.There were reports today of several revenge attacks against Muslims across France, with one explosion at a kebab shop near a mosque in Lyon.







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 In the city of Le Mans, west of Paris, three blank grenades were thrown at a mosque shortly after midnight. A bullet was also fired through one of the windows.In the Port-la-Nouvelle district, near Narbonne in southern France, several shots were fired in the direction of a Muslim prayer hall shortly after evening prayers.Eight journalists – including the magazine editor – died along with the two policemen, a maintenance worker and another visitor when the masked terrorists stormed the magazine offices in the 11th arrondissement.They fired machine guns at journalists, police and members of the public before escaping in a getaway car.


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Support: Chopper with thermal cams


Student Hamyd Mourad, 18, encouraged to hand himself in by relatives after his name appeared on social media as a suspect for the massacre, remained under armed guard as he was grilled by police.The magazine was targeted because it had angered many Muslims by printing cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed.Editor Stephane Charbonnier, 47 known by his pen name of Charb, had received death threats in the past and was living under police protection.Those killed were: Mr Charbonnier, cartoonist Jean Cabut, aka Cabu, 75, cartoonist Georges Wolinski, 80, cartoonist Bernard Verlhac, aka Tignous, 58, journalist Bernard Maris, 68, cartoonist Philippe Honore, aka Honore, 73, former journalist Michel Renaud, columnist Elsa Cayat, sub-editor Mustapha Ourrad, police officer Ahmed Merabet, police bodyguard Franck Brinsolaro, 49 and maintenance worker Frederic Boisseau.Four people were seriously injured as well as those who were killed. They were still receiving surgery and remained in hospital tonight.Another seven were taken to hospital with minor injuries but have since been discharged.And 65 people were tonight receiving psychiatric treatment after being traumatised.















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