12 killed in suspected terrorist shooting
01-07-2015, 10:05 AM
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12 killed in suspected terrorist shooting
http://www.cnn.com/2015/01/07/europe...ire/index.html
(CNN)Hooded, black-clad gunmen burst into the office of a provocative French satirical magazine Wednesday, killing four cartoonists and eight others before heading off onto the streets of Paris.
While it wasn't immediately clear who was behind the late morning attack, French officials viewed it as a blatant act of terrorism. And there were fears that things could get worse, with the assailants still on the loose.
"We need to find the actors of this terrorist act," French President Francois Hollande said. "They must be arrested and brought before judges and condemned as quickly as possible. France is shocked today."
Latest update at 11:55 a.m. ET
• Video posted to YouTube shows two men shooting on a Paris street, then walking up to and firing point-blank at a seemingly wounded man as he lay on the ground.
• U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry called the attack part of a larger confrontation, not between civilizations, but between civilization itself and those opposed to civilization. Freedom "will never be eradicated by any act of terror," he said, adding that such an attack will only "strengthen ... our commitment to a civilized world."
• Charlie Hebdo editor and cartoonist Stephane Charbonnier, known as "Charb," is among the dead in the attack, a police spokesman in the district where the office is located told CNN. At least three other well-known cartoonists -- known by the pen names Cabu, Wolinski and Tignous -- were also killed.
• Police impounded a black Citroen in northeastern Paris similar to the one purportedly used by the attackers as a getaway car. Video from CNN affiliate BFMTV shows the vehicle being towed from Porte de Pantin, in Paris' 19th district.
• Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said that all means are being used to "ensure as quickly as possible we can identify the (three attackers) and (arrest them), so that they can be punished with the severity that their barbarous acts are worthy of."
• In addition to the 12 dead, eight people were wounded, including four in critical condition, Cazeneuve said.
Witness: Men armed with submachine guns
These developments come after heavily armed men entered the Charlie Hebdo office in Paris' 11th district, close to Place de la Bastille, and opened fire, SPG police union spokesman Luc Poignant told CNN affiliate BFMTV.
A witness who works in the office opposite the magazine's told BFMTV that he saw two hooded men, dressed in black, enter the building with Kalashnikov submachine guns.
"We then heard them open fire inside, with many shots," he told the channel. "We were all evacuated to the roof. After several minutes, the men fled, after having continued firing in the middle of the street."
Witnesses also spoke of seeing a rocket launcher, according to French media reports.
A video taken by a journalist for the Premieres Lignes agency shows the gunmen shouting "God is great!" as they began the attack, Le Monde reported. They also cried, "We have avenged the Prophet!"
(CNN)Hooded, black-clad gunmen burst into the office of a provocative French satirical magazine Wednesday, killing four cartoonists and eight others before heading off onto the streets of Paris.
While it wasn't immediately clear who was behind the late morning attack, French officials viewed it as a blatant act of terrorism. And there were fears that things could get worse, with the assailants still on the loose.
"We need to find the actors of this terrorist act," French President Francois Hollande said. "They must be arrested and brought before judges and condemned as quickly as possible. France is shocked today."
Latest update at 11:55 a.m. ET
• Video posted to YouTube shows two men shooting on a Paris street, then walking up to and firing point-blank at a seemingly wounded man as he lay on the ground.
• U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry called the attack part of a larger confrontation, not between civilizations, but between civilization itself and those opposed to civilization. Freedom "will never be eradicated by any act of terror," he said, adding that such an attack will only "strengthen ... our commitment to a civilized world."
• Charlie Hebdo editor and cartoonist Stephane Charbonnier, known as "Charb," is among the dead in the attack, a police spokesman in the district where the office is located told CNN. At least three other well-known cartoonists -- known by the pen names Cabu, Wolinski and Tignous -- were also killed.
• Police impounded a black Citroen in northeastern Paris similar to the one purportedly used by the attackers as a getaway car. Video from CNN affiliate BFMTV shows the vehicle being towed from Porte de Pantin, in Paris' 19th district.
• Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said that all means are being used to "ensure as quickly as possible we can identify the (three attackers) and (arrest them), so that they can be punished with the severity that their barbarous acts are worthy of."
• In addition to the 12 dead, eight people were wounded, including four in critical condition, Cazeneuve said.
Witness: Men armed with submachine guns
These developments come after heavily armed men entered the Charlie Hebdo office in Paris' 11th district, close to Place de la Bastille, and opened fire, SPG police union spokesman Luc Poignant told CNN affiliate BFMTV.
A witness who works in the office opposite the magazine's told BFMTV that he saw two hooded men, dressed in black, enter the building with Kalashnikov submachine guns.
"We then heard them open fire inside, with many shots," he told the channel. "We were all evacuated to the roof. After several minutes, the men fled, after having continued firing in the middle of the street."
Witnesses also spoke of seeing a rocket launcher, according to French media reports.
A video taken by a journalist for the Premieres Lignes agency shows the gunmen shouting "God is great!" as they began the attack, Le Monde reported. They also cried, "We have avenged the Prophet!"
01-07-2015, 06:22 PM
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Their last headquarters got bombed a couple years ago for publishing a picture of Mohammed in their newspaper, figure they would learn.
Sad story though, I'm all for carpet bombing the Middle East.
Sad story though, I'm all for carpet bombing the Middle East.
01-07-2015, 08:13 PM
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They didn't say "god is great" they said "allahu akbar" which translates to "Allah is greater" or "Allah is the greatest"
Islam was a religion made up by a jobless middle-aged man, and he was very widely mocked for it. The "god" he chose to promote (Allah) was a centuries-old stone idol (formerly a moon god) in a temple full of other idols. One of the most common themes in the Koran is how Allah will personally be there in Hell punishing the people who made fun of Islam or Allah . . . or of his 4realz prophet: Mohammed. He eventually got his army put together and commanded his critics be killed for being infidels (non-followers of his new religion).
His life is the ideal of perfection to which a faithful Muslim aspires (the Sunnah). Why does everyone look so surprised at today's events?
Oh, right - they don't teach the truth about islam in the schools and the mainstream press these days. Religion of Peace, my ass.
Islam was a religion made up by a jobless middle-aged man, and he was very widely mocked for it. The "god" he chose to promote (Allah) was a centuries-old stone idol (formerly a moon god) in a temple full of other idols. One of the most common themes in the Koran is how Allah will personally be there in Hell punishing the people who made fun of Islam or Allah . . . or of his 4realz prophet: Mohammed. He eventually got his army put together and commanded his critics be killed for being infidels (non-followers of his new religion).
His life is the ideal of perfection to which a faithful Muslim aspires (the Sunnah). Why does everyone look so surprised at today's events?
Oh, right - they don't teach the truth about islam in the schools and the mainstream press these days. Religion of Peace, my ass.
01-08-2015, 07:36 PM
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I think requiring immigrants to assimilate to the French culture would have been a good idea. The French are so picky about their culture, it's almost surprising they allow anything less.
01-09-2015, 08:50 AM
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I would like to see the people responsible apprehended, tied to a chair and f*cked in the ass...
but use a bacon condom. Safety first
but use a bacon condom. Safety first