French police identify suspects in the hunt for the Paris gunmen
- 9 years ago
French anti-terror officers are searching for suspected Islamists who shot dead 12 people at a magazine headquarters in central Paris.
Police have identified two suspects – both French nationals.
The brothers Said and Cherif Kouachi are said to be from Paris. A Police source said one of them had previously been tried on terrorism charges.
On Wednesday evening a large operation involving heavily armed officers and helicopters was reportedly focusing on the city of Reims .
An official at the Paris prosecutor’s office has since said a third suspect, a teenager had turned himself in at a police station, near the Belgium border.
Across the country security has been stepped up in the wake of the attack with the government declaring the highest state of alert at transport hubs, religious sites media offices and department stores.
Police have identified two suspects – both French nationals.
The brothers Said and Cherif Kouachi are said to be from Paris. A Police source said one of them had previously been tried on terrorism charges.
On Wednesday evening a large operation involving heavily armed officers and helicopters was reportedly focusing on the city of Reims .
An official at the Paris prosecutor’s office has since said a third suspect, a teenager had turned himself in at a police station, near the Belgium border.
Across the country security has been stepped up in the wake of the attack with the government declaring the highest state of alert at transport hubs, religious sites media offices and department stores.