At least 100,000 people gathered across France
tonight to back an anti-Islamist newspaper whose offices were devastated by a
deadly terrorist attack. Suspected Al Qaeda militants massacred 12 people in
Paris today - and among those slaughtered was a police officer as he begged for
mercy.
Tonight, thousands of people went to Republique
Square near the scene to honour the victims,
holding signs reading 'Je suis
Charlie' - 'I am Charlie'.
It came as a massive manhunt was launched to find
the masked attackers, who earlier burst into the Charlie Hebdo offices
brandishing Kalashnikovs. Clad all in black with hoods and speaking French,
the militants forced one of the cartoonists - at the office with her young
daughter - to open the door. Witnesses said the gunmen shouted 'we are from the
Al Qaeda in Yemen', and 'Allahu akbar!' - Arabic for 'God is great' - as they
stalked the building.
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