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Live Updates of Paris, France Attack - Series of Terrorists Attack

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BREAKING NEWS: Shots fired in car chase with Charlie Hebdo killers amid fears they have taken hostages on 'martyrdom mission' towards Paris. - January 9, 2014

 Updates of series of barbaric, terrorists attack in Paris, France - Live Updates here in www.worldnews-watcher.blogspot.com. Manhunt of suspects is ongoing. Fresh shooting happened. January 8, 2015
2.50 pm: Gunman who shot cop is on the run, says French interior minister
Now the French Interior Minister has said that the gunman who shot the policewoman in the second firing in Paris is on the run.
2.28 pm: Policewoman, city employee critically injured in fresh firing
A policewoman and a city employee were critical Thursday after a man fired on them with an automatic rifle outside Paris, police said, but no link has yet been established with Wednesday's deadly magazine attack.
A suspect has since been detained, another source close to the case said. Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve has rushed to the scene of the incident near Porte de Chatillon south of Paris.
Meanwhile according to CNN-IBN reports French authorities have confirmed a link between the Charlie Hebdo attack and today's shooting.
2.20 pm: Explosion in Lyon restaurant near a mosque, say reports
There are also reports coming in of an explosion near a mosque in a restaurant in French city Lyon. However there are no reports of injuries yet.
1. 43 pm: Two policeman shot in fresh firing in Paris, suspect detained
A day after the attack on French satire magazine Charlie Hebdo, shooting in southern Paris wounds two French officers. However, the connection with the Charlie Hebdo terror attack is not clear yet. According to French media, a suspect has been detained for questioning.
The fresh shooting was in the South of Paris. According to reports, the place where the shooting took place is a populated area.
According to reports in Telegraph, the police officer injured at Malakoff, southern Paris, is a woman. "She is in a critical condition. The site has been cordoned off, with droves of police and emergency services."
"According to iTele, two motorists were arguing after a collision, and when two police officers came over to help, one of the motorists opened fire. One suspect has been arrested, but the shooter has reportedly fled," reports Telegraph.
According to reports, the attackers fled in a metro following the incident.
France's top security official left an emergency government meeting to travel to the scene of Thursday's shooting, which comes amid high tensions. Paris police and a French security official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the investigation was ongoing, said it was too early to draw any connection between the shootings.
12. 35 pm: French PM says 'several arrests' made overnight in hunt for suspects
French Prime Minister Manuel Valls says there were "several arrests" overnight in the hunt for two suspects in the deadly shooting at a satirical newspaper, reported Associated Press.
In an interview with RTL radio Thursday, Valls said preventing another attack "is our main concern," as he explained why authorities released photos of the two men along with a plea for witnesses to come forward.
Meanwhile, France's interior minister said that 7 held in hunt for Paris killers, reports AFP.
12:20 pm: Ready to pay Rs 51 cr reward to attackers, says BSP leader
A Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) leader justified the attack of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris, where three gunmen killed 12 people. "Whoever dare show disrespect for Prophet will invite death like the cartoonists and journalists of Paris-based satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo," Haji Yakoob Qureshi told Hindustan Times.
“Rasul ke ashiq unhe saja de dete hai (followers of Prophet punish them),” the former minister said.
The former minister said that he was ready to pay Rs 51 crore to the attackers. In 2006, he had announced a reward of Rs 51 crore for anyone who would kill the Danish cartoonist who had created a controversial cartoon of Prophet Mohammed.
10. 40 am: Hunt on brothers with possible links to al-Qaeda
One man sought in the deadly shooting at a French satirical paper has turned himself in. Mourad Hamyd, 18, surrendered at a police station in Charleville-Mezieres, a small town in France's eastern Champagne region, said Paris prosecutor's spokeswoman Agnes Thibault-Lecuivre. She did not offer details on Hamyd's relationship to the men, but said he turned himself in because he heard his name on the news in connection with the attack. However, he claimed he is innocent.
Police continued their hunt for two heavily armed men with possible links to al-Qaeda in the military-style, methodical killing of 12 people at the office of a satirical newspaper that caricatured the Prophet Muhammad.
French brothers Said and Cherif Kouachi, in their early 30s, should be considered armed and dangerous, according to a police bulletin released early Thursday.
France raised its terror alert system to the maximum — Attack Alert — and bolstered security with more than 800 extra soldiers to guard media offices, places of worship, transport and other sensitive areas. Fears had been running high in France and elsewhere in Europe that jihadis trained in warfare abroad would stage attacks at home.
Meanwhile, we spotted this very powerful image on Twitter:
10. 20 am: IMF head attends vigil for victims in US
The head of the IMF, Christine Legarde, has attended a vigil for the victims at the Washington Newseum in the US. Legarde said she attended the rally to show solidarity as well as sympathy for the victims. “We are all still in shock,” Lagarde said, recalling the “cartoonists who who have been a part of our daily lives for years.”
10.00 am: Hundreds hold San Francisco vigil to condemn Paris killings
Hundreds of people are holding pens, tiny French flags and signs that read "I am Charlie" up in the air outside the French Consulate in San Francisco to condemn the killings of 12 people in an attack against a French satirical newspaper in Paris.
A handful of participants in the Wednesday night vigil in San Francisco's financial district are lighting candles that spell out "Je Suis Charlie," while others deposit bouquets of white carnations and red roses or leave pens by the consulate's door.
8: 40 am: Gunman who surrendered now claims innocence
According to The Guardian, French news broadcaster Itele is reporting the young alleged gunman who handed himself in to police earlier has claimed innocence. According to reports, the alleged gunman said that he was in school at the time of the attack.
8 Jan, 7. 20 am: Youngest suspect surrenders
According to AFP reports, the youngest of three suspects in Paris attack has surrendered to police. The 18 year old suspect has been identified as Hamid Mourad.
Meanwhile, the French police have released pictures of brothers wanted over magazine massacre.
Paris police said arrest warrants had been issued for Cherif Kouachi, 32 and his 34-year-old brother Said who were "likely armed and dangerous".
End of updates for 7 January
10.59 pm: #JeSuisCharlie, #IAmCharlie trending on Twitter
People on Twitter extended support to the people of Paris as #JeSuisCharlie and #IAmCharlie began trending on Twitter.
Nearly five hours after the incident, #JeSuisCharlie had been tweeted over 250,000 times, according to one social analytics website, said this Daily Mail report.
10.46 pm: UN chief condemns 'horrendous' and 'unjustifiable' attack
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon strongly condemned the Paris attack, saying the international community must stand strong for freedom of expression and tolerance.
"I want to express my outrage at the despicable attack today against the French magazine Charlie Hebdo. It was a horrendous, unjustifiable and cold-blooded crime. It was also a direct assault on a cornerstone of democracy – on the media and freedom of expression," said the UN chief.
Expressing solidarity with the families of the victims and the French government, Ban said the horrific attack is "meant to divide" and "we must not fall into that trap."
Apart from the UN chief, Irina Bokova, Director-General of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) also condemned the attack. "This attack is an attack against the media and against freedom of expression." - PTI
10.24 pm: I stand with Charlie Hebdo, says writer Salman Rushdie
British-Indian writer Salman Rushdie paid tribute on Wednesday to the work of satirical French magazine Charlie Hebdo following a deadly attack on its offices Wednesday, saying religion must be subject to satire.
"I stand with Charlie Hebdo, as we all must, to defend the art of satire, which has always been a force for liberty and against tyranny, dishonesty and stupidity," said Rushdie, who was the subject of a fatwa, or religious edict, calling for his assassination in the 1980s.
10.21 pm: After deadly attack, Kiran Bedi questions Charlie Hebdo's cartoons
Former top cop and activist Kiran Bedi in a shocking tweet questioned French magazine Charlie Hebdo's sarcastic cartoons saying, "France Terror-Shoot-Out sends a message: why deliberately provoke or poke?"
However she later tried to damage control by condemning the perpetrators of the attack.
9.34 pm: American Embassy in Paris changes Twitter handle to 'Je suis Charlie'
The United States Embassy has changed its official Twitter handle to 'Je suis Charlie' which means 'I am Charlie' after the deadly attack on the magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris.
9.22 pm: Car in which gunmen escaped found in north-eastern part of city
Even as world leaders condemned the terror attack on French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, the car in which the gunmen escaped was found in north-eastern Paris.
8.35 pm: Danish paper that published prophet cartoon steps up security
The Danish newspaper that caused a global stir with a series of controversial cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed stepped up security on Wednesday after a deadly attack on a French satirical weekly, a report said.
Jyllands-Posten informed its staff by e-mail about the unspecified security measures after the armed attack on the Charlie Hebdo in Paris, in which at least 12 were killed, the Danish paper Berlingske said on its website.
8.23 pm: Turkey condemns attack on Charlie Hebdo, calls for fight against Islamophobia
Turkey on Wednesday said it condemned all forms of "terror" after the shooting at a French satirical weekly that left 12 dead but added Europe should also fight against growing "Islamophobia".
"We, as Turkey, condemn with hatred any kind of terror. We are against any form of terror regardless of where it comes from and what its motives are," Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu told reporters in Ankara.
7.47 pm: Obama, Arab League condemn attack on Charlie Hebodo that killed 12
President Barack Obama has condemned the deadly attack on the office of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris.
Even the Arab League has condemned the attack, a report said.
Meanwhile, a tweet by the News On The Min said that a car explosion was reported in the city of Sarcelles outside a synagogue, hours after the Paris shooting. More details are awaited.
7.10 pm: They said they were Al Qaida, says cartoonist who let men in at gunpoint
A cartoonist at Charlie Hebdo, Corine Rey, has said that she was the one who let the gunmen into the office because she was held at gunpoint.
France 24 quotes Rey as saying, "They shot Wolinski, Cabu… it lasted about five minutes… I took cover under a desk... they spoke perfect French... they said they were Al Qaida."
7.01 pm: 12 killed in Charlie Hebdo magazine that published Prophet cartoon
Heavily armed gunmen shouting Islamist slogans stormed a Paris satirical newspaper office Wednesday and shot dead at least 12 people in the deadliest attack in France in four decades.
Police launched a massive manhunt for the masked attackers who reportedly hijacked a car and sped off, running over a pedestrian and shooting at officers.
Police said witnesses heard the attackers, who were armed with a Kalashnikov and rocket launcher, shout "we have avenged the prophet" and "Allahu akbar" (God is greatest).
6.58 pm: Vladimir Putin condemns attack on Charlie Hebdo magazine office
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday sent his condolences to the victims of the Paris newspaper attack and condemned "terrorism" in all its forms, his spokesman said Wednesday.
"Moscow resolutely condemns terrorism in all its forms," Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov told TASS news agency. "President Putin due to the tragic event in Paris... expresses his deep condolences to the relatives and loved ones of the dead and also to the people of Paris and all the French."
6.38 pm: NATO condemns deadly attack on Paris magazine office
"I strongly condemn the terrorist attack at the office of the Charlie Hebdo magazine in Paris today. This was a barbaric act and an outrageous attack on press freedom. My thoughts are with the victims and their families. We stand in full solidarity with our Ally France. All NATO Allies stand together in the fight against terrorism. Terrorism in all its forms and manifestations can never be tolerated or justified," NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said in a statement.
6.35 pm: Markel vouches for freedom of the press
Condemning the carnage, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said the shooting in Paris is not only attack on French citizens, but on freedoms of the press and free speech.
6.30 pm: Charlie Hebdo cartoonist "Charb" among dead
France24 referring to French media reports said that cartoonist "Charb", whose real name is Stephane Charbonnier is among the dead. Charbonnier was chief editor of Charlie Hebdo.
6.28 pm: EU expresses shock
"I am profoundly shocked by this brutal and inhuman attack," European Union President Jean-Claude Juncker reportedly told BBC.
6.20 pm: Canadian PM joins other nations in condemning attack
Many heads of nations have taken to Twitter to express their condemnation on the horrific attack on the Charlie Hebdo office in Paris. "I’m horrified by the barbaric attacks in France. Our thoughts and prayers are with the victims and their families," Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper tweeted.
6.16 pm: British PM condemns attack
British Prime Minister David Cameron has tweeted out condemning the attack at the magazine office in Paris.
"The murders in Paris are sickening. We stand with the French people in the fight against terror and defending the freedom of the press," the tweet said.

source: firstpost.com
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