Gunmen have attacked the Paris office of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, killing 12 people and injuring seven, French officials say.
Two police officers died as well from the shooting that happened outside.
Apparently there is a huge operation going on now to catch them, not much comments on motives now besides those two hints:
- The magazine was fire-bombed in November 2011 a day after it carried a caricature of the Prophet Muhammad.
- The latest tweet on Charlie Hebdo's account was a cartoon of the Islamic State militant group leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.
Edit 5: (13:44) 12 deaths now, attackers still at large.
Edit 6: President Hollande will address the nation at 20:00 local time. French president and ministers will meet in 15 minutes from now.
Edit 7: White House condemns attack 'in strongest possible terms'
Edit 8: Jens Stoltenberg, secretary general of the NATO and former PM of Norway (also during the Oslo/Utøya attack) tweets: "My full solidarity with our ally #France following outrageous attack on press freedom. My thoughts are with the victims & their families."
Edit 9: Attackers have been heard saying 'they came to revenge the prophet', say eyewitnesses.
Edit 10: French PM Francois Hollande just tweeted: "Aucun acte barbare ne saura jamais éteindre la liberté de la presse. Nous sommes un pays unis qui saura réagir et faire bloc." - "No barbaric act will never extinguish the freedom of the press. We are a united country that will react and unite and help each other".
Edit 12: (13:58 local) The anti-terrorism plan 'Vigipirate' is in effect on the highest level. This means heavy police presence and military police with machine guns at all major stations and squares, and so on. Last time I remember this level was in effect was after 9/11.
Edit 13: (14:02 local) Police say: "The attackers spoke of "the prophet" and shouted "Allah Akbar". They are still on the run and actively sought by police. Their car was found in Pantin (Seine-Saint-Denis). Their identity or their possible link with any organization is not known." http://i.imgur.com/lnCsv5i.jpg
Edit 14: Stéphane Charbonnier, main editor of Charlie Hebo, is said to be among the deceased .
Edit 15: Political leaders from around the world are expressing their compassion and horror. I will stop quoting them all here from now on. Among them German PM Merkel, President of the EU Jean-Claude Juncker.
Edit 15: (14:09) @soren_seelow: Charb, Cabu, Wolinski et Tignous have died in the attack, sources inside police say.
Edit 16: (14:18) taking a break, tearing up, going to open a good bottle of French wine. Back in ten.
There are 3000 policemen on the streets now. Three terrorist are sought after.
Edit 17: (14:26) corrected #14, deceased not diseased, sorry not a native speaker.
Edit 18: There's nothing anybody can do now, but the hashtag action #JeSuisCharlie is probably taking off (I don't know much about using Twitter)
Edit 19: (14:31) All public transport stations but also the main shopping centers are being guarded. There are still three idiots with a rocket launcher out there.
To those gilding this post: really, it's only out of my own frustration I'm doing this. I do appreciate the gesture however.
Last edit: 07/01/2015 08:45
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MadeInPolanD   Poland. Jan 07 2015 08:54. Posts 1383
dont let them enter European countries, simple as that
And expel all Islamists from European countries.
Make it rain$$$
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ggplz   Sweden. Jan 07 2015 09:01. Posts 16784
Absolutely horrible. I hope they're caught quickly. The video with the policeman holding up his hand is so brutal.
if poker is dangerous to them i would rank sports betting as a Kodiak grizzly bear who smells blood after you just threw a javelin into his cub - RaiNKhAN
ggplz   Sweden. Jan 07 2015 09:42. Posts 16784
I'm not familiar with that newspaper but there is no fucking way they deserved this. Those people are all idiots. That policeman certainly didn't deserve it and neither will others who may die or be injured capturing the suspects.
if poker is dangerous to them i would rank sports betting as a Kodiak grizzly bear who smells blood after you just threw a javelin into his cub - RaiNKhAN
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Santafairy   Korea (South). Jan 07 2015 11:38. Posts 2225
"Sooner or later you had to pay for your caricatures" unbelievable fucking imbecile
It seems to be not very profitable in the long run to play those kind of hands. - Gus Hansen
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Minsk   United States. Jan 07 2015 13:17. Posts 1558
I like to think of these situations as me relatively benefiting from the stupidity of mankind.
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voodoouser   Iceland. Jan 07 2015 13:29. Posts 741
Thing that look obvious to me:
how a small car can leave paris like that, trust me paris is always bloked by traffic jam, at 11am maybe a little less but it is the first day of sales so there are a lot of traffic jam... and there are cops everywhere and paris is filled with cameras...
The police clearly let them go and are "following" their moves in hope to catch a little bigger fish.
Seriously this is a bad day, if the muslim community doesnt do anything and just keep saying stuff like "we are sorry blabla" and do nothing else it will turn pretty bad. I feel so much anger and hate right now.
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traxamillion   United States. Jan 07 2015 15:19. Posts 10468
Take Solace in the fact that 100,00s of thousands of muslims will now die because of this. The people in power in EU, Israeli, and especially US government/military/position hate Muslims even if they can't openly admit it. They are old white christian men. Fairly obvious by our policy and conduct the last 100 years not to mention what goes on behind the scenes. This will be used as an excuse for some military action somewhere or sanction type shit to starve them. Public opinion sways further towards Fuck them. Probably launching all kinds of missiles and attacks on Muslim targets right now in retaliation in IRaq and Syria.
Islam is a delusional disease of a belief.
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Silver_nz   New Zealand. Jan 07 2015 15:55. Posts 5647
#KillAllMuslims was trending on twitter. okay, maybe not the smartest tag, but people are entitled to speak. But Twitter has censored and removed the tag. Horrifying that communication is not free and open.
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ggplz   Sweden. Jan 07 2015 16:02. Posts 16784
French media say police have identified the three gunmen
Posted at 20:29
Le Monde reports that police sources have said that the three gunmen have been identified.
if poker is dangerous to them i would rank sports betting as a Kodiak grizzly bear who smells blood after you just threw a javelin into his cub - RaiNKhAN
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NMcNasty   United States. Jan 07 2015 18:21. Posts 2039
On January 07 2015 14:55 Silver_nz wrote:
#KillAllMuslims was trending on twitter. okay, maybe not the smartest tag, but people are entitled to speak. But Twitter has censored and removed the tag. Horrifying that communication is not free and open.
You're mad that a hashtag encouraging genocide was censored?
Some of the comments in this thread are as bad as the ones supporting the shootings.
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traxamillion   United States. Jan 07 2015 19:02. Posts 10468
pretty sure genocide is wiping out a racial population; not a religious group. Trying to shut down a retarded belief is not the same is trying to shut down a certain color of people or some other basis on which we judge people that is intrinsic upon birth. religion is not.
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traxamillion   United States. Jan 07 2015 19:03. Posts 10468
and yes nothing should be censored. If people want to be racist and hateful that is their right.
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whamm!   Albania. Jan 07 2015 19:10. Posts 11625
no, no guys it's all ok. not all of them are bad, expect the imams and their fellow muslims to go after them until justice is served. also, sweden.
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NMcNasty   United States. Jan 07 2015 19:13. Posts 2039
On January 07 2015 18:02 traxamillion wrote:
pretty sure genocide is wiping out a racial population; not a religious group.