Charlie Hebdo :Youngest attacker arrested & Hunt on for others
Paris: Two masked gunmen suspected to be Islamists on Wednesday massacred 12 people after storming a French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo’s office here, killing among others a cartoonist who drew a controversial cartoon of the Prophet Mohammed.
France is holding a day of mourning for the 12 people killed in the Paris attack. A minute’s silence will be observed at midday across the country and the bells of Notre Dame in the capital will toll.
Renowned British novelist JK Rowling condemns the attack on Charlie Hebdo’s office.The Paris shooting is part of a larger confrontation between civilisation & those opposed to a civilised world, says US Secretary of State John Kerry.
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The Guardian quotes French news broadcaster Itele claiming that the young suspect who surrendered before the police has claimed innocence. According to the French media reports, the alleged gunman said that he was in school at the time of the attack.
Another source also confirms that ” Hamid Mourad was arrested and put in custody”.The 18 year old suspect has been identified as Hamid Mourad.
An 18-year old man sought by France police in connection with Wednesday’s shootout at the office of Charlie Hebdo has handed himself voluntarily to police in northeastern France, an official at the Paris prosecutor`s office claims.
The French police releases pictures of brothers wanted over magazine massacre.
“The country’s tradition of free speech had been attacked and calls on all French people to stand together. Our best weapon is our unity,” Hollande says in a televised address late on Wednesday.
President Francois Hollande calls it “an act of terrorism” and declares a day of national mourning on Thursday.
Social media users demonstrate solidarity with satirical French magazine Charlie Hebdo after terrorist targeted its office in Paris Wednesday, killing 12 people.
France Police launches massive manhunt for three gunmen who shot dead 12 people at the office of the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo.
World leaders have denounced the cold-blooded mayhem at the office of Charlie Hebdo that left over 20 people injured, four in critical condition, and forced French President Francois Hollande to rush to the scene and call it “an act of terrorism”.
Efe news agency said that illustrator and editor-in-chief known as Charb and three more cartoonists – Cabu, Tignous and Wolinski – were among the fatalities. Two police officers were also killed in the barbaric attack. Security has been stepped up across France in the wake of the attack, with Paris placed on the highest alert.
The satirical weekly has courted controversy in the past with its irreverent take on news and current affairs. It was fire-bombed in November 2011 a day after it carried a caricature of the Prophet Muhammad.
Source:Zeenews
