Two Suspect Found For Paris Magazine Attack

Intense investigation is ongoing for the gunmen who killed 12 people in an assault at the magazine's Paris offices on Wednesday.
AFP reported that two men fitting the description of brothers Said Kouachi and Cherif Kouachi stole petrol and food from the station near Villers-Cotteret in the northern Aisne region, east of Paris, this morning.

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.

Sky's Joey Jones, who is at the location, said it would appear the pair are "a step or two ahead" of the authorities at the moment.

Jones added: "The indications at the moment suggest that they (police) are finding it difficult to get a grip on this fast-moving situation.

"Each time we arrive at an area where they have been sighted or there is some sort of suspicion of significant police activity, you get the feeling that things have moved on.

"This is such a fast moving situation, who knows where it will end up."

Police barriers have been set up on local roads in Aisne and residents reported that a police helicopter was flying overhead.

Officials have said the French nationals are linked to a Yemeni terror network.

On Wednesday night heavily armoured French police raided an apartment in the city of Reims in the search for the killers.

French officials said seven people were detained overnight.

Another suspect handed himself in to police after he was named on social media as Hamyd Mourad, 18.

Sky sources say the teenager, who has been arrested, is the brother-in-law of the suspects.

There are reports that he was in school at the time of the attack and schoolmates have said he was on the bus with them at 7.30am and midday on Wednesday. 

As tensions remain high in the country, an elite police unit is preparing for an operation near the scene where a female police officer was fatally shot in southern Paris this morning.

 

 

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