Masked gunmen stormed the offices of a French satirical newspaper Wednesday, killing 11 people before escaping, police and a witness said. The weekly has previously drawn condemnation from Muslims.<\/p>\n
French President Francois Hollande called the slayings a terrorist attack and said that several other terror attacks have been thwarted “in recent weeks.”<\/p>\n
Xavier Castaing, head of communications for the Paris police prefecture, confirmed the deaths in the shooting at the offices of Charlie Hebdo, a satirical weekly that been repeatedly threatened for publishing caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad, among other controversial sketches.<\/p>\n
Hollande rushed to the scene and top government officials planned an emergency meeting.<\/p>\n
Luc Poignant, an official of the SBP police union, said the attackers escaped in two vehicles.<\/p>\n
A witness to the attack, Benoit Bringer, told the iTele network he saw multiple masked men armed with automatic weapons at the newspaper’s office in central Paris.<\/p>\n
Source: AP<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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