Charlie Hebdo attack: 12 killed many injured

PARIS | 07-01-2015| Armed gunmen have stormed the headquarters of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo. As many as 12 people are reported to have been killed in the incident.

Gunmen stormed the offices of French magazine Charlie Hebdo on Wednesday, shooting those inside and leaving at least 12 people dead. French police and a Paris prosecutor’s office confirmed 12 people had been killed in the incident. A further 10 people were said to be wounded, four of them critically.

The famous French cartoonists Jean Cabut, Stephane Charbonnier (also known as Charb, the magazine’s editor-in-chief), Georges Wolinski and Bernhard Verlhac (who worked under the pseudonym Tignous) were all reported to have been killed in the attack. Two policemen also died, with the premises having been under police protection.

Benoit Bringer, a journalist with the Agence Premiere Ligne agency, told the iTele network he saw several masked men armed with machine guns.