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French Police Search For Gunmen In Terror Attack

NPR
Published January 7, 2015 at 12:06 PM EST
French soldiers patrol in front of the Eiffel Tower on January 7, 2015 in Paris as the capital was placed under the highest alert status after heavily armed gunmen shouting Islamist slogans stormed French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo and shot dead at least 12 people in the deadliest attack in France in four decades. Police launched a massive manhunt for the masked attackers who reportedly hijacked a car and sped off, running over a pedestrian and shooting at officers. (Joel Saget/AFP/Getty Images)
French soldiers patrol in front of the Eiffel Tower on January 7, 2015 in Paris as the capital was placed under the highest alert status after heavily armed gunmen shouting Islamist slogans stormed French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo and shot dead at least 12 people in the deadliest attack in France in four decades. Police launched a massive manhunt for the masked attackers who reportedly hijacked a car and sped off, running over a pedestrian and shooting at officers. (Joel Saget/AFP/Getty Images)

Police in Paris are searching for three masked gunmen who were part of an attack that killed 12 people today at the office of the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo. The magazine has been the target of Muslim outrage for publishing cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed.

The BBC’s Richard Galpin joins Here & Now’s Lisa Mullins with details.

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