As per latest reports, at least two veiled shooters on Wednesday blast into the Paris work places of a satirical news paper that had drawn dangers for satirizing Islam, killing 12 people in a deliberate hail of gunfire, escaping via car as they fought in the city with the police and setting off a wide manhunt for the killers.
According to latest media reports, the police had captured three suspects, all French nationals, including two siblings.
The President of France François Hollande called it a display of extraordinary barbarism that was without a doubt an act of terrorism.
Hollande declared Thursday a national day of mourning.