France Terror: Al Qaeda Threatens More Attacks

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By Ian Woods, Senior Correspondent, in Dammartin-en-Goele

Al Qaeda has threatened France with more terror attacks after 17 people were killed at Charlie Hebdo's offices and at a Jewish supermarket.

The warning came as President Francois Hollande admitted the threats "weren't over" and police hunting a female suspect suggested there could be a larger terrorist cell planning further atrocities.

A sharia official from al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), Harith al Nadhari, said in a video: "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."

Five hundred extra soldiers will be deployed to the greater Paris region, and the country remains on the highest state of alert.

Prime Minister Manuel Valls said France must "never lower our guard".

He said: "We are doing our best, our utmost in order to fight against terrorism but there is always ways for terrorism to slip in.

"We have to be really strong, really tough as far as the enemies of freedom are concerned."

A march of unity in Paris on Sunday is expected to draw huge crowds, and will be attended by leaders from across the world.

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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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Explosions rang out at the scene

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AQAP has claimed it directed brothers Said and Cherif Kouachi in the attack on Charlie Hebdo "as revenge for the honour" of the Prophet Mohammed.

The gunman killed by police at a kosher supermarket in Paris has told how he "co-ordinated" with the Charlie Hebdo killers and was a member of the Islamic State (IS) group.

Amedy Coulibaly's call to France's BFMTV station emerged after gunfire and explosions marked the violent conclusion to two hostage-takings 30 miles (48km) apart.

Just minutes separated the series of blasts at the Paris store and those that destroyed a warehouse in Dammartin-en-Goele, where the Kouachi brothers were holed up.

Police stormed both buildings almost simultaneously, killing both brothers, while at least four hostages and the jihadist gunman died at the Paris grocery store.

Authorities have praised the quick instincts of some of the survivors in the two incidents, including an employee at the printing works who provided information to police whilst hidden under a sink.

Coulibaly told BFMTV in the call from the supermarket that he had worked with the Kouachi brothers, who he described as his "officers".

Police became convinced the two attacks were linked after they discovered that Coulibaly's wife and fellow suspect Hayat Boumeddiene and the partner of one of the Kouachis had called each other more than 500 times last year.

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Gallery: Faces Of Paris Suspects And Victims

Hayat Boumeddiene, 26, is a suspect in the murder of a Paris policewoman on Thursday. She is on the run after her husband Amedy Coulibaly was killed when armed officers brought his kosher supermarket siege to a violent end

Her husband Amedy Coulibaly, 32

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They have subsequently established that Cherif Kouachi met Coulibaly in prison and the two men visited jihadist Djamel Beghal with their wives in 2010.

Coulibaly said he targeted the kosher supermarket because he wanted to defend Palestinians and target Jews.

Witnesses to the Charlie Hebdo attack said Said Kouachi, the elder of the brothers, claimed allegiance to al Qaeda during the attack and travelled to Yemen in 2011.

His brother told BFMTV in a separate recording: "I was sent, me, Cherif Kouachi, by Al Qaeda of Yemen. I went over there and it was Anwar al Awlaki who financed me."

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

Mr Valls said the heavy death toll over three days of violence showed there had been a "clear failing" of intelligence.

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Written By Unknown on Jumat, 09 Januari 2015 | 20.18

Terror In France: What We Know So Far

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French police are negotiating with two suspects in Dammartin-en-Goele after the murders of 12 people at the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris on Wednesday and a police officer yesterday.

:: The two brothers being hunted by police are Said, 34, and Cherif Kouachi, 32. A third suspect Mourad Hamyd, 18, surrendered at a police station on Wednesday evening. His relationship to the brothers is unclear.

:: Phone contact has been made between police negotiators and the pair, who have taken a hostage reported to be a 26-year-old man.

:: The stand-off at an industrial estate comes after a 48-hour manhunt during which almost 90,000 French police officers and soldiers were mobilised for the manhunt.

:: The brothers fled the capital on Wednesday after their attack, in which they stormed the offices of the magazine before shooting dead a police officer in the street.

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Gallery: Charlie Hebdo Suspects In Stand-Off

Two brothers suspected of killing 12 people at the Charlie Hebdo offices in Paris have taken one person hostage as police cornered the gunmen in Dammartin-en-Goele, northeast of Paris

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A helicopter with members of the French intervention gendarme forces hover above the scene of the hostage drama

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:: On Thursday there were reports of a robbery at a petrol station roughly a 25-minute drive northeast from Dammartin-en-Goele where the owner recognised the two brothers.

:: After a search of a thick forest in the area which lasted into the night, they broke cover and hijacked a Peugeot 206 from a woman, who told police she also recognised the pair.

:: There was a shoot-out and the brothers escaped along the N2 road and reached the industrial building, believed to be a printers.

:: A local MP has told media the "fugitives have said they want to die as martyrs".

:: Residents are being told to stay at home, switch off the lights, and stay away from their windows. Schools have been evacuated.

:: Two Air France planes were forced to abort their landing at Paris's main Charles-de-Gaulle airport, which is seven miles from the scene, and the airport closed two runways.

:: Reports are now emerging of another shooting at a kosher grocery store in eastern Paris, where one person has been injured and at least five people hostage. It is not clear whether this has any links to the brothers, who are French-born sons of Algerian-born parents, but officials are now linking them to the shooting in the south of Paris on Thursday.

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Footage of France's deadliest terror attack for 40 years shows one of the gunmen shoot a policeman in the head at point-blank range.

Three black-clad, heavily-armed men are seen walking from their vehicle near Place de la Bastille in Paris, before a number of shots are fired.

The camera pans to the right to show a police officer lying on the pavement before rolling over to face his approaching attackers.

He is seen raising his hand, apparently pleading for his life.

According to Le Parisien, the officer was heard in one video clip to say: "Voulez-vous me tuer? (Do you want to kill me?)."

The gunman responded: "C'est bon chef."

One of the two men quickens pace as he reaches the injured officer and, without pausing, shoots him in the head.

In another video shot following the attack on French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo's offices, gunshots ring out and onlookers run for cover on a rooftop just yards from the scene.

The two gunmen are seen below opening fire.

As some on the rooftop run for cover, panicked voices are heard urging others to "get down".

"Did you see that?" a voice can be heard asking the person filming the scene.

More shots are fired before a witness on the rooftop tells another to "budge up".

The gunshots stop and the men are seen calmly returning to their black Citroen hatchback.

One of them picks up a shoe that had fallen out of the car and they drive off slowly.

Witness Benoit Bringer told French TV channel iTELE: "About a half an hour ago two black-hooded men entered the building with Kalashnikovs (assault rifles).

"A few minutes later we heard lots of shots."

One witness, who declined to give his name, described the attack as like "a movie".

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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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Police Operation Under Way As Paris Cop Dies

A major police operation is under way in France as tensions remain high across the country after yesterday's terror attack in Paris.

This morning several armed officers were at the scene of another fatal gun attack in the south of the capital.

A female police officer was killed after she was called to reports of a traffic accident involving a grey Clio at around 7.15am. A street sweeper was wounded in the shooting.

Sky's Crime Correspondent Martin Brunt says 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.

Two men matching their description are said to have robbed a petrol station to the northeast of Paris.

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.

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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 police woman and a civilian, who is thought to be a council worker.

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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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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-Moslem protests on the streets of Paris, where security has been stepped up.

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

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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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The minute's silence came after vigils were held in cities across the world to mourn those killed in the attack in Paris 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.

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

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Gallery: Magazine Victims Identified

Bernard Maris was a journalist and shareholder in Charlie Hebdo

Bernard Velhav was a contributer to the magazine. Pic: Georges Seguin

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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.

Hundreds 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.

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

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

In Montreal, more than 1,000 people braved temperatures of minus 20C to express solidarity with France.

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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