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Victims Named As Police Hunt Paris Gunmen

Three masked men shout "we have avenged the prophet" and "God is greatest" between rounds of heavy gunfire.
14:53, UK,Wednesday 07 January 2015




Twelve people have been shot dead at the headquarters of the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris, say police.
Masked gunmen stormed the offices of the controversial publication, which has previously been attacked over its portrayal of the Prophet Mohammed.



They were armed with Kalashnikov rifles and are also believed to have had a rocket-propelled grenade.
In one video clip, the attackers are heard to shout: "We have avenged the prophet."


They are believed to have called out the victims by name.

A spokeswoman for the Paris prosecutor says the editor and a cartoonist for the satirical newspaper, who went by the pen names Charb and Cabu, were among the 12 people killed in the attack.

Two police officers were also among the dead, including one assigned as Charb's bodyguard after prior death threats against him.
Some 20 people have also been injured, at least four seriously.

A manhunt is under way for the killers, who escaped after a shootout in the street with police.

Shocking footage has emerged of a wounded police officer being shot in the head at point-blank range as he lies on the ground, holding his hands up.

After the killing, the gunmen calmly return to their getaway car and shouted: "We have avenged the Prophet Mohammed, we have killed Charlie Hebdo."The vehicle was later found abandoned.
Another video taken from the top of a building near the magazine's offices, shows a firefight in the street below.
One of the gunmen can be heard screaming "Allah", followed by a series of gunshots, as they level their weapons.
A dramatic image has also been published of two men dressed in black standing either side of a vehicle, pointing their weapons at a police car.
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According to reports, three officers had initially arrived on pushbikes, but left when they realised how heavily-armed the raiders were.
The gunmen are believed to have left several minutes later and attempted to car-jack a vehicle.
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Benoit Bringer, a journalist with Agence Premiere Ligne who saw the attack, told the iTele network he saw several masked men armed with machine guns.

Henry Samuel, the Daily Telegraph's Paris correspondent, told Sky News: “According to people on the ground, two masked gunmen burst into the offices very heavily armed, (with) Kalashnikovs, apparently even with a rocket-propelled grenade, and opened fire, leaving several minutes later.

“Somebody who was nearby on the roof and saw much of the incident said three policemen then arrived on a pushbike.
"When they saw how armed these men were they left and then there was a kind of gunfight in the street.”

He added: "Then the gunmen escaped and are currently on the run, being pursued. They moved towards the east of Paris. While fleeing they wounded a policeman and a passer-by was also hit.

"They've changed cars. They were in a black (Citroen) DS, now they've taken somebody else's vehicle."

Visiting the scene, Francois Hollande condemned the attack as "an act of barbarism".



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Parisiens have been asked to turn out at 7pm on the Place de la Republique in a show of solidarity with the victims.
Charlie Hebdo's editor-in-chief Gerard Biard told France Inter: "I don't understand how people can attack a newspaper with heavy weapons. A newspaper is not a weapon of war."

US President Barack Obama and the Russian leader Vladimir Putin have both condemned the shootings.
Prime Minister David Cameron tweeted: "The murders in Paris are sickening. We stand with the French people in the fight against terror and defending the freedom of the press."
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