Two suspects on run in Paris attack
French President Francois Hollande, fourth from the right, arrives outside the French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo's office, in Paris, Wednesday. Masked gunmen stormed the offices of the newspaper, killing at least 12 people before escaping, police and a witness said. The weekly has previously drawn condemnation from Muslims. / AP-Yonhap
Two suspects are on the run and one has turned himself in, in the deadly attack at the Paris offices of the satirical weekly newspaper Charlie Hebdo, in which 12 people were killed.
According to the Associated Press, a French judicial official said one of the men surrendered voluntarily.
Police released images of the other two men early Thursday. The other two are considered to be armed and dangerous.
The suspects from the Wednesday attack who are still on the run are Frenchmen Said Kouachi and Cherif Kouachi, brothers in their early 30s. An official told the Associated Press (AP) that the three were linked to a Yemeni terrorist network
According to the AP, the masked gunmen stormed into the offices of the paper, which had caricatured the Prophet Muhammad and killed 12 people including the editor, before escaping in a car.
According to the AP, the attackers first killed the paper’s editor Stephane Charbonnier and his police bodyguard.
Minutes later two of the men fired on a police officer. One of them shot the police officer in the head, according to video seen by the AP and an eyewitness.
Eight journalists, a guest and two police officers were killed, said Paris prosecutor Francois Molins.
French President Francois Hollande called the attack terrorist act ``of exceptional barbarism.”
Charlie Hebdo’s depictions of Islam have been the source of controversy before. The offices were firebombed in 2011 during controversy over cartoons about Islamic prophet Mohammed.
AFP reported that the efficiency with which the gunmen carried out the attack has led police to believe they received military-style training.