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Written By Unknown on Sabtu, 10 Januari 2015 | 22.56

Thousands Rally Across France After Attacks

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Tens of thousands of people have staged rallies across France after three days of terror that claimed 17 innocent lives.

At least 30,000 people took part in a silent rally in southern city of Pau and more than 22,000 gathered in Orleans, southwest of Paris, according to initial police figures.

Large crowds also turned out in the southern city of Nice and Caen, in the northwest.

It comes ahead of a march of unity in Paris on Sunday which is expected to draw huge crowds and will be attended by leaders from across the world, including Prime Minister David Cameron.

France's Interior Minister, Bernard Cazeneuve, has said the government will take "all measures" to ensure the march is safe.

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  1. Gallery: Tens Of Thousands Rally Over Paris Attacks

    A huge stream of people, estimated to contains hundreds of thousands of people, takes to the sea front in Nice

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  • Those at the head of the march carried at a banner that echoed the statement repeated by those opposed to the attack on the offices of Charlie Hebdo magazine - "Je suis Charlie"

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  • Many in the crowd also held banners with the same slogan

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  • The country's defence ministry has said it is sending another 500 soldiers into the greater Paris area, meaning there are now some 1,350 troops there.

    Security forces have been deployed around the capital, guarding places of worship and tourist sites.

    In a sombre speech after the sieges had been brought to an end, French President Francois Hollande said: "I call on all the French people to rise up this Sunday, together, to defend the values of democracy, freedom and pluralism to which we are attached."

    Brothers Said and Cherif Kouachi attacked the offices of the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo on Wednesday, shooting dead 12 people in France's deadliest terror attack in decades.

    The pair then went on the run, and were eventually killed after a two-day manhunt.

    Amedy Coulibaly, a jihadist gunman who said he had worked with the brothers, was also killed by police after killing four hostages at a kosher grocery shop in an eastern suburb of Paris.

    A day earlier he shot and killed a policewoman in Montrouge, just south of Paris.

    Hayat Boumeddiene, 26, who was identified along with Coulibaly as a suspect in the killing of a police officer on Thursday, remains on the run.

    Jewish groups plan to hold a vigil after sunset on Saturday to mourn the four people killed at the supermarket.

    :: Watch Sky News Special Report: Paris Attack at 4.30pm and 8.30pm. See it on skynews.com, our mobile apps and on Sky News - channels Sky 501, Virgin Media 602, Freesat 202, Freeview 132.

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    • Thousands Rally Across France After Attacks

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    Tens of thousands of people have staged rallies across France after three days of terror that claimed 17 innocent lives.

    At least 30,000 people took part in a silent rally in southern city of Pau and more than 22,000 gathered in Orleans, southwest of Paris, according to initial police figures.

    Large crowds also turned out in the southern city of Nice and Caen, in the northwest.

    It comes ahead of a march of unity in Paris on Sunday which is expected to draw huge crowds and will be attended by leaders from across the world, including Prime Minister David Cameron.

    France's Interior Minister, Bernard Cazeneuve, has said the government will take "all measures" to ensure the march is safe.

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    1. Gallery: Tens Of Thousands Rally Over Paris Attacks

      A huge stream of people, estimated to contains hundreds of thousands of people, takes to the sea front in Nice

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  • Those at the head of the march carried at a banner that echoed the statement repeated by those opposed to the attack on the offices of Charlie Hebdo magazine - "Je suis Charlie"

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  • Many in the crowd also held banners with the same slogan

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  • The country's defence ministry has said it is sending another 500 soldiers into the greater Paris area, meaning there are now some 1,350 troops there.

    Security forces have been deployed around the capital, guarding places of worship and tourist sites.

    In a sombre speech after the sieges had been brought to an end, French President Francois Hollande said: "I call on all the French people to rise up this Sunday, together, to defend the values of democracy, freedom and pluralism to which we are attached."

    Brothers Said and Cherif Kouachi attacked the offices of the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo on Wednesday, shooting dead 12 people in France's deadliest terror attack in decades.

    The pair then went on the run, and were eventually killed after a two-day manhunt.

    Amedy Coulibaly, a jihadist gunman who said he had worked with the brothers, was also killed by police after killing four hostages at a kosher grocery shop in an eastern suburb of Paris.

    A day earlier he shot and killed a policewoman in Montrouge, just south of Paris.

    Hayat Boumeddiene, 26, who was identified along with Coulibaly as a suspect in the killing of a police officer on Thursday, remains on the run.

    Jewish groups plan to hold a vigil after sunset on Saturday to mourn the four people killed at the supermarket.

    :: Watch Sky News Special Report: Paris Attack at 4.30pm and 8.30pm. See it on skynews.com, our mobile apps and on Sky News - channels Sky 501, Virgin Media 602, Freesat 202, Freeview 132.

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    Search For Supermarket Gunman's Girlfriend

    Search For Supermarket Gunman's Girlfriend

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    Police are hunting for the girlfriend of one of the three gunmen who brought three days of terror to France, saying she may be "armed and dangerous".

    Hayat Boumeddiene, a suspect in the murder of a Paris policewoman on Thursday, is on the run after her partner Amedy Coulibaly was killed when armed officers brought his kosher supermarket siege to a violent end.

    The 26-year-old could hold the key to the ongoing terror investigation, as police admit they could be dealing with a larger extremist cell and al Qaeda threaten more attacks.

    Details are emerging of the young woman of Algerian descent and the links between Coulibaly, 32, and the Kouachi brothers, who were killed two days after murdering 12 people at the offices of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo. 

    Boumeddiene and the wife of one of the brothers exchanged more than 500 phone calls in 2014, according to Paris prosecutor Francois Molins.

    She reportedly started wearing a niqab in May 2009 after meeting Coulibaly and was sacked from her job as a cashier.

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    1. Gallery: French Terror Suspects

      France's BFMTV showed photos it said were Hayat Boumeddiene and Amedy Coulibaly together on a trip to southern France to visit a an al Qaeda terrorist

    Boumeddiene was questioned by police after the trip - she told them the couple had gone for crossbow practice

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  • Later that year, they were married in a religious ceremony but were not wed under French law, which requires a civil ceremony.

    According to French judicial documents, the couple travelled with Cherif Kouachi and his wife in 2010 to southern France to visit radical Islamist Djamel Beghal, who was under house arrest.

    The pair posed for photos during the visit, taking selfies and a snap of Boumeddiene pointing a crossbow at the camera.

    Interviewed that year by counter-terrorism officers over Coulibaly's involvement in an attempt to free Paris Metro bomber Smain Ait Ali Belkacem from jail, she was open about her fanatical views.

    According to Le Nouvel Observateur, she refused to condemn al Qaeda attacks, preferring to criticise America's military interventions around the world and the Western media.

    A police search of Coulibaly's residence in 2010 turned up a crossbow, 240 rounds of 7.62mm ammunition, films and photos of him during a trip to Malaysia, and letters seeking false official documents.

    In a police interview that same year, Coulibaly identified Cherif Kouachi as a friend he had met in prison and said they saw each other frequently, according to a transcript of the interview obtained by the Journal du Dimanche newspaper.

    According to the newspaper, he told the police that people he met in prison used the nickname "Dolly" for him.

    He was employed as a temp worker at a Coca-Cola factory and reportedly met then-President Nicolas Sarkozy in 2009.

    "I know a lot of criminals because I met heaps of them in detention," he is quoted as telling the police.

    Michel Thooris, secretary-general of France's police union, said he did not believe the men behind the Paris attacks were "three people isolated in their little world."

    "This could very well be a little cell," he said.

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    1. Gallery: Commandos Storm Supermarket

      Commandos stormed the kosher supermarket where a gunman had taken at least six people hostage. Pic: Vantage News

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  • "There are probably more than three people," he added, given that Cherif Kouachi and Coulibaly had had contacts with other jihadist groups in the past.

    French Prime Minister Manuel Valls, speaking in a TV interview late on Friday, also indicated authorities are bracing for the possibility of new attacks.

    "We are facing a major challenge" and "very determined individuals," he said.

    :: Watch Sky News Special Report: Paris Attack at 4.30pm and 8.30pm. See it on skynews.com, our mobile apps and on Sky News - channels Sky 501, Virgin Media 602, Freesat 202, Freeview 132.

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    Police are hunting for the girlfriend of one of the three gunmen who brought three days of terror to France, saying she may be "armed and dangerous".

    Hayat Boumeddiene, a suspect in the murder of a Paris policewoman on Thursday, is on the run after her partner Amedy Coulibaly was killed when armed officers brought his kosher supermarket siege to a violent end.

    The 26-year-old could hold the key to the ongoing terror investigation, as police admit they could be dealing with a larger extremist cell and al Qaeda threaten more attacks.

    Details are emerging of the young woman of Algerian descent and the links between Coulibaly, 32, and the Kouachi brothers, who were killed two days after murdering 12 people at the offices of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo. 

    Boumeddiene and the wife of one of the brothers exchanged more than 500 phone calls in 2014, according to Paris prosecutor Francois Molins.

    She reportedly started wearing a niqab in May 2009 after meeting Coulibaly and was sacked from her job as a cashier.

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    1. Gallery: French Terror Suspects

      France's BFMTV showed photos it said were Hayat Boumeddiene and Amedy Coulibaly together on a trip to southern France to visit a an al Qaeda terrorist

    Boumeddiene was questioned by police after the trip - she told them the couple had gone for crossbow practice

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  • Later that year, they were married in a religious ceremony but were not wed under French law, which requires a civil ceremony.

    According to French judicial documents, the couple travelled with Cherif Kouachi and his wife in 2010 to southern France to visit radical Islamist Djamel Beghal, who was under house arrest.

    The pair posed for photos during the visit, taking selfies and a snap of Boumeddiene pointing a crossbow at the camera.

    Interviewed that year by counter-terrorism officers over Coulibaly's involvement in an attempt to free Paris Metro bomber Smain Ait Ali Belkacem from jail, she was open about her fanatical views.

    According to Le Nouvel Observateur, she refused to condemn al Qaeda attacks, preferring to criticise America's military interventions around the world and the Western media.

    A police search of Coulibaly's residence in 2010 turned up a crossbow, 240 rounds of 7.62mm ammunition, films and photos of him during a trip to Malaysia, and letters seeking false official documents.

    In a police interview that same year, Coulibaly identified Cherif Kouachi as a friend he had met in prison and said they saw each other frequently, according to a transcript of the interview obtained by the Journal du Dimanche newspaper.

    According to the newspaper, he told the police that people he met in prison used the nickname "Dolly" for him.

    He was employed as a temp worker at a Coca-Cola factory and reportedly met then-President Nicolas Sarkozy in 2009.

    "I know a lot of criminals because I met heaps of them in detention," he is quoted as telling the police.

    Michel Thooris, secretary-general of France's police union, said he did not believe the men behind the Paris attacks were "three people isolated in their little world."

    "This could very well be a little cell," he said.

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    1. Gallery: Commandos Storm Supermarket

      Commandos stormed the kosher supermarket where a gunman had taken at least six people hostage. Pic: Vantage News

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  • "There are probably more than three people," he added, given that Cherif Kouachi and Coulibaly had had contacts with other jihadist groups in the past.

    French Prime Minister Manuel Valls, speaking in a TV interview late on Friday, also indicated authorities are bracing for the possibility of new attacks.

    "We are facing a major challenge" and "very determined individuals," he said.

    :: Watch Sky News Special Report: Paris Attack at 4.30pm and 8.30pm. See it on skynews.com, our mobile apps and on Sky News - channels Sky 501, Virgin Media 602, Freesat 202, Freeview 132.

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    Print Firm Boss' Secret Helped End French Siege

    Print Firm Boss' Secret Helped End French Siege

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    A print firm boss taken hostage by the Charlie Hebdo killers has told Sky News how he told a colleague to hide, in an act of heroism which helped police capture the fugitives.

    Cherif and Said Kouachi turned up at the factory on their third day on the run after killing 12 people at the satirical magazine in Paris on Wednesday.

    Michel Catalano described how he told an employee to hide in the back of the building when he saw the gunmen arriving from the window.

    Unknown to the terrorist brothers, the man, named as Lilian Lepere, secretly texted information to police while hiding in under a sink before forces stormed the building on an industrial estate in Dammartin-en-Goele, north of Paris.

    Mr Catalano, who said he did not expect to live, told how he was "terrified" throughout the ordeal that the brothers would discover the hidden worker.

    He had been preparing for an ordinary day of business when the doorbell rang at around 8.30am.

    He said: "I could see from a window that there was a man with a rocket launcher and a Kalashnikov.

    "I could immediately see there was a situation of danger. I told my employee to hide. I knew two of us couldn't hide.

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    1. Gallery: Tens Of Thousands Rally Over Paris Attacks

      A huge stream of people, estimated to contains hundreds of thousands of people, takes to the sea front in Nice

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  • Those at the head of the march carried at a banner that echoed the statement repeated by those opposed to the attack on the offices of Charlie Hebdo magazine - "Je suis Charlie"

    ]]>

  • Many in the crowd also held banners with the same slogan

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  • ]]>

  • "At that point I thought that was the end. They came in, they weren't aggressive. They said 'don't worry, we just want to come in'."

    He offered the intruders a drink and made coffee for them before one of his suppliers arrived at around 9pm.

    "I told those people that my supplier really had nothing to do there so could they let him go, so they did.

    "So then we went down and went towards my supplier. I told him to leave so he immediately understood the situation so he left."

    He described how he was worried that the Kouachis would find his employee's hiding place.

    "I didn't know where Lilian was hidden. I knew he was hidden but I had no idea where. I didn't want them to go to the end of the building."

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    1. Gallery: France In Mourning After Attacks

      A French police officer carries flowers outside the Hyper Cacher kosher supermarket

    This woman was one of a number who came to lay flowers near the kosher grocery store in Porte de Vincennes

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  • Mr Catalano said he dressed a superficial wound that one of the brothers had sustained.

    He recalled: "When I thought one of them was tense I said 'I can look after you'."

    They rejected his request to leave once before eventually agreeing before the dramatic police assault on the building during which the brothers died.

    He said: "I wasn't scared. I don't know how I managed to stay calm under those circumstances - it was a situation I have never been faced with before in my life.

    "After all, right from the start, I imagined I wouldn't be alive any longer (at the end of the day).

    "I must admit that in fact they (the brothers) weren't aggressive as far as I was concerned.

    "I didn't get the impression they would harm me, as unbelievable as it sounds. Perhaps they had an ounce of humanity because they let me out."

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    • Print Firm Boss' Secret Helped End French Siege

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    A print firm boss taken hostage by the Charlie Hebdo killers has told Sky News how he told a colleague to hide, in an act of heroism which helped police capture the fugitives.

    Cherif and Said Kouachi turned up at the factory on their third day on the run after killing 12 people at the satirical magazine in Paris on Wednesday.

    Michel Catalano described how he told an employee to hide in the back of the building when he saw the gunmen arriving from the window.

    Unknown to the terrorist brothers, the man, named as Lilian Lepere, secretly texted information to police while hiding in under a sink before forces stormed the building on an industrial estate in Dammartin-en-Goele, north of Paris.

    Mr Catalano, who said he did not expect to live, told how he was "terrified" throughout the ordeal that the brothers would discover the hidden worker.

    He had been preparing for an ordinary day of business when the doorbell rang at around 8.30am.

    He said: "I could see from a window that there was a man with a rocket launcher and a Kalashnikov.

    "I could immediately see there was a situation of danger. I told my employee to hide. I knew two of us couldn't hide.

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    1. Gallery: Tens Of Thousands Rally Over Paris Attacks

      A huge stream of people, estimated to contains hundreds of thousands of people, takes to the sea front in Nice

    ]]>

  • Those at the head of the march carried at a banner that echoed the statement repeated by those opposed to the attack on the offices of Charlie Hebdo magazine - "Je suis Charlie"

    ]]>

  • Many in the crowd also held banners with the same slogan

    ]]>

  • ]]>

  • "At that point I thought that was the end. They came in, they weren't aggressive. They said 'don't worry, we just want to come in'."

    He offered the intruders a drink and made coffee for them before one of his suppliers arrived at around 9pm.

    "I told those people that my supplier really had nothing to do there so could they let him go, so they did.

    "So then we went down and went towards my supplier. I told him to leave so he immediately understood the situation so he left."

    He described how he was worried that the Kouachis would find his employee's hiding place.

    "I didn't know where Lilian was hidden. I knew he was hidden but I had no idea where. I didn't want them to go to the end of the building."

    1/15

    1. Gallery: France In Mourning After Attacks

      A French police officer carries flowers outside the Hyper Cacher kosher supermarket

    This woman was one of a number who came to lay flowers near the kosher grocery store in Porte de Vincennes

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  • Mr Catalano said he dressed a superficial wound that one of the brothers had sustained.

    He recalled: "When I thought one of them was tense I said 'I can look after you'."

    They rejected his request to leave once before eventually agreeing before the dramatic police assault on the building during which the brothers died.

    He said: "I wasn't scared. I don't know how I managed to stay calm under those circumstances - it was a situation I have never been faced with before in my life.

    "After all, right from the start, I imagined I wouldn't be alive any longer (at the end of the day).

    "I must admit that in fact they (the brothers) weren't aggressive as far as I was concerned.

    "I didn't get the impression they would harm me, as unbelievable as it sounds. Perhaps they had an ounce of humanity because they let me out."

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    France Supermarket Siege Victims Named

    The names of four hostages who were killed during a supermarket siege in Paris have been released.

    Yoav Hattab, Philippe Braham, Yohan Cohen and François-Michel Saada lost their lives at the hands of jihadist Amedy Coulibaly in Porte de Vincennes.

    A group representing the Jewish communities of France described their deaths as "cold-blooded and merciless".

    Reports in the French media have suggested that some of the hostages were killed before commandos raided the kosher store during the gunman's evening prayer.

    A nationwide hunt is under way for Coulibaly's girlfriend, Hayat Boumeddiene, amid warnings she may be "armed and dangerous".

    France has been threatened with further terror attacks by al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), with sharia official Harith al Nadhari saying: "It is better for you to stop your aggression against the Muslims, so perhaps you will live safely.

    "If you refuse but to wage war, then wait for the glad tiding."

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    Cop Killed In Second Paris Terror Attack

    Written By Unknown on Kamis, 08 Januari 2015 | 22.55

    Cop Killed In Second Paris Terror Attack

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    A major police operation is under way in France as prosecutors confirmed the second terror attack in the capital in as many days.

    Several armed officers were at the scene of a fatal shooting this morning in the south of Paris.

    A female police officer, reportedly 25, was killed after she was called to reports of a traffic accident involving a grey Clio at around 7.15am.

    A street sweeper was critically injured in the shooting, which is now being treated as a "terrorist act" by the French authorities.

    Sky's Crime Correspondent Martin Brunt said police with heavy armour were seen in Porte de Chatillon shortly afterwards and TV news crews were being pushed back from the area, which was sealed off with tape.

    Meanwhile, officers are still hunting for suspects in the deadly gun attack on the offices of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo.

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    1. Gallery: French Villages Filled With Terror Police

      Police have swarmed the small village of Crepy-en-Valois

    Two men matching the descriptions of brothers Said and Cherif Kouachi were reportedly spotted by a petrol station manager

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  • Helicopters have been seen flying over the French countryside

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  • Shots are said to have been fired during a robbery at the station near Villers-Cotteret in the northern Aisne region, east of Paris

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  • Le Parisien said men wearing balaclavas were travelling on the N2 road in the direction of Paris in a Renault Clio which had weapons on its back seat

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  • Two men matching their description are said to have robbed a petrol station about an hour's drive northeast of Paris.

    Footage of police activity in the village of Crepy-en-Valois, 10 miles (16km) from that scene, is now emerging.

    With the country now on its highest terror alert, hundreds of extra officers have been deployed to guard media offices, places of worship and other areas deemed at risk in the capital.

    Some 200 soldiers from parachute regiments across the country have been drafted in to Paris, bringing the number of military patrolling the streets to 850.

    :: Follow live updates here

    In today's attack, which is not being linked by officials to yesterday's shootings, a man wearing a bullet-proof vest fired at the council worker and police woman, who became the third officer to be killed in the capital in 24 hours.

    Witness Ahmed Sassi said: "There was an officer in front of a white car and a man running away who shot."

    TV channel iTele said both victims of the shooting were seen lying on the ground.

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    1. Gallery: Paris Police Officer Shot Dead In New Attack

      A female traffic police officer has been shot dead in a fresh attack in Paris, a day after the killing of 12 people at the offices of satirical paper Charlie Hebdo

    According to police sources a man wearing a bullet-proof vest and armed with an automatic rifle shot the officer in the back in the south of the capital

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  • Le Parisien newspaper reported that one of the shooters ran towards the Metro station Chatillon-Montrouge. The other is reported to have fled by car and is still on the run.

    AFP news agency reported that a 53-year-old suspect has been detained.

    Brunt said: "It's difficult to believe there's no link (to the Charlie Hebdo shootings).

    "Maybe it is a copycat, but maybe it is not related."

    Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said authorities were doing their best to identify and arrest the attacker, and he urged people not to jump to conclusions about any link to the Charlie Hebdo attack.

    The officers were gathering in Porte de Chatillon as a minute's silence was held across France in a mark of respect for the victims of yesterday's violence.

    Other attacks have also been reported today - including a "criminal" explosion at a kebab shop near a mosque in eastern France.

    Overnight, two Muslim places of worship - in Le Mans, west of Paris, and Port-la-Nouvelle, in southern France - were targeted by blank grenades and gunfire respectively. No casualties were reported.

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    • Cop Killed In Second Paris Terror Attack

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    A major police operation is under way in France as prosecutors confirmed the second terror attack in the capital in as many days.

    Several armed officers were at the scene of a fatal shooting this morning in the south of Paris.

    A female police officer, reportedly 25, was killed after she was called to reports of a traffic accident involving a grey Clio at around 7.15am.

    A street sweeper was critically injured in the shooting, which is now being treated as a "terrorist act" by the French authorities.

    Sky's Crime Correspondent Martin Brunt said police with heavy armour were seen in Porte de Chatillon shortly afterwards and TV news crews were being pushed back from the area, which was sealed off with tape.

    Meanwhile, officers are still hunting for suspects in the deadly gun attack on the offices of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo.

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    1. Gallery: French Villages Filled With Terror Police

      Police have swarmed the small village of Crepy-en-Valois

    Two men matching the descriptions of brothers Said and Cherif Kouachi were reportedly spotted by a petrol station manager

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  • Helicopters have been seen flying over the French countryside

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  • Shots are said to have been fired during a robbery at the station near Villers-Cotteret in the northern Aisne region, east of Paris

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  • Le Parisien said men wearing balaclavas were travelling on the N2 road in the direction of Paris in a Renault Clio which had weapons on its back seat

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  • Two men matching their description are said to have robbed a petrol station about an hour's drive northeast of Paris.

    Footage of police activity in the village of Crepy-en-Valois, 10 miles (16km) from that scene, is now emerging.

    With the country now on its highest terror alert, hundreds of extra officers have been deployed to guard media offices, places of worship and other areas deemed at risk in the capital.

    Some 200 soldiers from parachute regiments across the country have been drafted in to Paris, bringing the number of military patrolling the streets to 850.

    :: Follow live updates here

    In today's attack, which is not being linked by officials to yesterday's shootings, a man wearing a bullet-proof vest fired at the council worker and police woman, who became the third officer to be killed in the capital in 24 hours.

    Witness Ahmed Sassi said: "There was an officer in front of a white car and a man running away who shot."

    TV channel iTele said both victims of the shooting were seen lying on the ground.

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    1. Gallery: Paris Police Officer Shot Dead In New Attack

      A female traffic police officer has been shot dead in a fresh attack in Paris, a day after the killing of 12 people at the offices of satirical paper Charlie Hebdo

    According to police sources a man wearing a bullet-proof vest and armed with an automatic rifle shot the officer in the back in the south of the capital

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  • Le Parisien newspaper reported that one of the shooters ran towards the Metro station Chatillon-Montrouge. The other is reported to have fled by car and is still on the run.

    AFP news agency reported that a 53-year-old suspect has been detained.

    Brunt said: "It's difficult to believe there's no link (to the Charlie Hebdo shootings).

    "Maybe it is a copycat, but maybe it is not related."

    Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said authorities were doing their best to identify and arrest the attacker, and he urged people not to jump to conclusions about any link to the Charlie Hebdo attack.

    The officers were gathering in Porte de Chatillon as a minute's silence was held across France in a mark of respect for the victims of yesterday's violence.

    Other attacks have also been reported today - including a "criminal" explosion at a kebab shop near a mosque in eastern France.

    Overnight, two Muslim places of worship - in Le Mans, west of Paris, and Port-la-Nouvelle, in southern France - were targeted by blank grenades and gunfire respectively. No casualties were reported.

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    France Falls Silent For Paris Victims

    France Falls Silent For Paris Victims

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    A minute's silence has been held across France to remember the victims of the gun attack at the office of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo.

    At midday (1100 GMT), crowds of people stood silently in public squares, schools and outside official buildings. Many shed tears.

    After the silence, bells tolled at Paris' Notre Dame cathedral and in churches across the country.

    Later there were a number of spontaneous anti-Muslim protests on the streets of Paris, where security has been stepped up.

    At a Mass in Rome, Pope Francis asked worshippers to pray for the attack victims and "those who are cruel so that the Lord may change their heart".

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    1. Gallery: Vigils Worldwide For Paris Attack Victims

      People hold signs reading "Je suis Charlie" (I am Charlie) in Paris as they observe a minute of silence for the victims of an attack by armed gunmen on the offices of French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo

    Floral tributes are left close to the Charlie Hebdo offices

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  • People hold hands and form a circle around the Place de la Republique (Republic Square) at midday

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  • People stand under the rain with umbrellas in front of Notre-Dame Cathedral

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  • People hold signs reading "Nous sommes tous Charlie" (We are all Charlie)

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  • President Francois Hollande has ordered flags to fly at half-mast for three days.  

    The minute's silence came after vigils were held in cities across the world to mourn those killed and show support for freedom of speech.

    More than 35,000 people gathered in the French capital on Wednesday, after gunmen stormed the offices of the magazine, killing 10 journalists and two police officers.

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    1. Gallery: Magazine Victims Identified

      Bernard Maris was a journalist and shareholder in Charlie Hebdo

    Jean Cabut's cartoons were first published in Paris newspapers in 1954

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  • Thousands also turned out in the French cities of Lyon, Toulouse, Bordeaux and Marseille.

    Many of those at the Place de la Republique in Paris carried signs with the words "Je Suis Charlie", which means "I am Charlie" in English.

    Others used slogans such as "press freedom has no price" and "Charb mort libre" (Charb died free), a reference to the magazine's editor Stephane Charbonnier, one of four cartoonists murdered by the terrorists.

    Thousands of people took to the streets of Berlin, London, New York, Brussels, Madrid, Rome and Vienna to express their horror at the killings.

    About 500 people stood in silence in front of the French embassy in Berlin, with many holding candles and waving the European Union flag.

    In Trafalgar Square, people held up their mobile phones showing the "Je Suis Charlie" message.

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    1. Gallery: Gunmen Attack Paris Magazine Office

      Armed gunmen face police officers near the offices of the French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo in Paris

    An attack on the offices of the newspaper left twelve dead, including two police officers, according to sources close to the investigation

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  • Some sang the Marseillaise, the French national anthem, while holding pens as a symbol of press freedom.

    In Spain, the French ambassador to Madrid, Jerome Bonnafont, joined a crowd of several hundred people outside the embassy shouting "Free speech, free speech".

    French police are hunting two men in connection with the attack, brothers Said Kouachi and Cherif Kouachi. A number of others have been arrested.

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    • France Falls Silent For Paris Victims

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    A minute's silence has been held across France to remember the victims of the gun attack at the office of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo.

    At midday (1100 GMT), crowds of people stood silently in public squares, schools and outside official buildings. Many shed tears.

    After the silence, bells tolled at Paris' Notre Dame cathedral and in churches across the country.

    Later there were a number of spontaneous anti-Muslim protests on the streets of Paris, where security has been stepped up.

    At a Mass in Rome, Pope Francis asked worshippers to pray for the attack victims and "those who are cruel so that the Lord may change their heart".

    1/49

    1. Gallery: Vigils Worldwide For Paris Attack Victims

      People hold signs reading "Je suis Charlie" (I am Charlie) in Paris as they observe a minute of silence for the victims of an attack by armed gunmen on the offices of French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo

    Floral tributes are left close to the Charlie Hebdo offices

    ]]>

  • People hold hands and form a circle around the Place de la Republique (Republic Square) at midday

    ]]>

  • People stand under the rain with umbrellas in front of Notre-Dame Cathedral

    ]]>

  • People hold signs reading "Nous sommes tous Charlie" (We are all Charlie)

    ]]>

  • President Francois Hollande has ordered flags to fly at half-mast for three days.  

    The minute's silence came after vigils were held in cities across the world to mourn those killed and show support for freedom of speech.

    More than 35,000 people gathered in the French capital on Wednesday, after gunmen stormed the offices of the magazine, killing 10 journalists and two police officers.

    1/6

    1. Gallery: Magazine Victims Identified

      Bernard Maris was a journalist and shareholder in Charlie Hebdo

    Jean Cabut's cartoons were first published in Paris newspapers in 1954

    ]]>

  • Thousands also turned out in the French cities of Lyon, Toulouse, Bordeaux and Marseille.

    Many of those at the Place de la Republique in Paris carried signs with the words "Je Suis Charlie", which means "I am Charlie" in English.

    Others used slogans such as "press freedom has no price" and "Charb mort libre" (Charb died free), a reference to the magazine's editor Stephane Charbonnier, one of four cartoonists murdered by the terrorists.

    Thousands of people took to the streets of Berlin, London, New York, Brussels, Madrid, Rome and Vienna to express their horror at the killings.

    About 500 people stood in silence in front of the French embassy in Berlin, with many holding candles and waving the European Union flag.

    In Trafalgar Square, people held up their mobile phones showing the "Je Suis Charlie" message.

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    1. Gallery: Gunmen Attack Paris Magazine Office

      Armed gunmen face police officers near the offices of the French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo in Paris

    An attack on the offices of the newspaper left twelve dead, including two police officers, according to sources close to the investigation

    ]]>

  • Some sang the Marseillaise, the French national anthem, while holding pens as a symbol of press freedom.

    In Spain, the French ambassador to Madrid, Jerome Bonnafont, joined a crowd of several hundred people outside the embassy shouting "Free speech, free speech".

    French police are hunting two men in connection with the attack, brothers Said Kouachi and Cherif Kouachi. A number of others have been arrested.

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    UK's Borders Tightened After Paris Attacks

    Security at ports and train stations that act as a border into the UK has been tightened up in the wake of the attack on the Charlie Hebdo magazine in Paris, the government has said.

    The Prime Minister's spokesman told journalists that there had been no change to the UK's terrorism threat level but the government had decided to take extra measures.

    Sky sources said a visible extra security presence was expected to be in place both at British and French ports and stations which serve destinations in the UK.

    It is believed that passengers using stations serving Eurostar and Le Shuttle and ports that serve ferries to and from France will be among those affected.

    Passengers, cars and freight trains at places like Calais and the Gard du Nord in Paris could be subject to extra checks.

    British Transport Police said they had also increased armed patrols at the Eurostar terminal at London's St Pancras station.

    The sources said that the decision to boost security was not based on any specific intelligence, but rather was "an appropriate" response to the events on Wednesday that left 12 people dead after an attack on a French satirical magazine.

    The current threat level remains at severe, the Home Office said.

    Home Secretary Theresa May said: "The cowardly attacks that took place in Paris yesterday have shocked and sickened people in the UK and around the world.

    "In deliberately targeting and murdering journalists, the terrorists were attacking freedom and democracy. And in murdering police officers, they attacked the people who risk their own safety every day to protect us and our way of life."

    The sources added that there was no evidence of a link between Britain and the attacks in France, or indeed the suspects and Britain.

    There has also been no intelligence to suggest that any copy cat type attacks may happen in the UK.

    The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) is in the process of updating advice to British travellers to France.

    Earlier, the FCO described Wednesday's attack on the Charlie Hebdo offices in Paris and the latest in Montrouge on its website and told visitors: "You should take extra care at this time and follow the security advice issued by the French authorities."

    The department said an additional counter terrism officer from the Metropolitan Police will be based at the British Embassy in Paris.

    It has emerged that on Wednesday, Mr Cameron, German chancellor Angela Merkel and French president Francois Hollande had a joint phone call.

    Earlier, Mrs Merkel and the Prime Minister had been given a joint briefing by British intelligence services - a move that Downing Street described as unusual.

    Meanwhile, an extract of a speech that the Director General of MI5, Andrew Parker, is due to give has been released.

    In it, he says: "It is too early for us to come to judgements about the precise details or origin of the attack but it is a terrible reminder of the intentions of those who wish to do us harm.

    "As you would expect, we are offering our French colleagues our full support as they respond."


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