(VOVworld) – A huge police operation is under way north-east of Paris, searching for the main suspects in Wednesday’s deadly attack on Charlie Hebdo magazine.
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| A source said the town is “where a car was abandoned after being used by the two suspects, who were identified by a witness.” (Photo: RTÉ) |
The RAID, a French anti-terrorist squad, and the GIGN, a paramilitary special operations unit, were deployed in the town of Villers-Cotterets in the northern Aisne region to search areas near the town where the two suspects, Cherif and Said Kouachi, reportedly robbed a petrol station.
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| A paramilitary special operations unit has been deployed alongside police. (Photo: RTÉ) |
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| French police stand at a check point during the manhunt near Villers-Cotterets, northeast of Paris. (Photo: RTÉ) |
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| The two brothers were earlier spotted at this gas station in Villers-Cotterets. (Photo: RTÉ) |
On Thursday, several blank grenades were thrown at a mosque in the city of Le Mans, west of Paris, and shots were fired at a Muslim prayer hall after evening prayers in the Port-la-Nouvelle District, near Narbonne in southern France. No injuries have been reported so far.