Hooded gunmen stormed the Paris offices of a weekly satirical magazine renowned for lampooning radical Islam‚ killing at least 12 people‚ including two police officers in the worst militant attack on French soil in recent decades.
One of the men was captured on video shouting “Allah!” as four shots rang out. Two assailants are then seen calmly leaving the scene and remain at large.
Charlie Hebdo (Charlie Weekly) is renowned for its satirical attacks on political and religious leaders and has published numerous cartoons lampooning the Prophet Mohammed.
The last tweet on its account mocked Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi‚ the leader of the militant Islamic State‚ which has taken control of large swathes of Iraq and Syria.
“This is a terrorist attack‚ there is no doubt about it‚” President Francois Hollande told reporters after rushing to the scene of the attack. His government raised France’s security level to the highest notch and scheduled an emergency cabinet meeting. — Reuters
12 die in Paris office attack
One of the men was captured on video shouting “Allah!” as four shots rang out. Two assailants are then seen calmly leaving the scene and remain at large.
Charlie Hebdo (Charlie Weekly) is renowned for its satirical attacks on political and religious leaders and has published numerous cartoons lampooning the Prophet Mohammed.
The last tweet on its account mocked Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi‚ the leader of the militant Islamic State‚ which has taken control of large swathes of Iraq and Syria.
“This is a terrorist attack‚ there is no doubt about it‚” President Francois Hollande told reporters after rushing to the scene of the attack. His government raised France’s security level to the highest notch and scheduled an emergency cabinet meeting. — Reuters
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