Multiple gunmen attacked a satirical magazine in Paris on Wednesday, shouting "We have avenged the Prophet." Police said at least 12 people were killed, two of them believed to be police officers. The gunman used automatic weapons and rocket-propelled grenade launchers in the assault on Charlie Hebdo and are still at large. Graphic videos shot from the roof of the building show the assailants shooting and killing a police officer.
The magazine was the target of a terrorist attack before, bombed in 2011 after publishing an anti-Islamic cartoon. In his speech on the scene, French President Hollande claimed that multiple terrorist attacks had been foiled in the past few weeks, and that this attack on the magazine happened even though it was under protection.
The magazine was the target of a terrorist attack before, bombed in 2011 after publishing an anti-Islamic cartoon. In his speech on the scene, French President Hollande claimed that multiple terrorist attacks had been foiled in the past few weeks, and that this attack on the magazine happened even though it was under protection.
The last tweet published on Charlie Hebdo's Twitter before the attack was a spoof cartoon of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi giving a New Year's greeting.
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