Suspects beforehand. Plus the people say the pen will not be silenced. We believe of freedom of expression and freedom of press and freedom of thought. Thousands of people are taking a stand against terrorism. Then the controversy. Make everyone happy. How cartoonists became a target for terrorists. Hello, everyone. I would like to welcome our viewers in the United States and of course all around the world. Thanks for joining us. A nationwide manhunt is underway in france this morning for the gunmen who opened fire inside the offices of a french magazine killing 12 people and wounding 11 others. Police have released pictures of two brothers who they say are the prime suspects. The search has focused on the city of reims about 90 minutes outside of paris. The French News Agency afp reports an 18yearold suspect there has surrendered. Huge crowds have held vigils in paris and cities across europe and the u. S. The french president has declared today a national day of mourning. One of the
We begin in northern france where the search is intensifying now for the two brothers suspected in the paris terror attack. Police are focusing on a wooded area where a Police Helicopter crew believes they caught glimpses of the suspects as they were fleeing. 80,000 police are taking part in this search across the nation. Meantime in paris, the lights went completely out, blacked out completely on the eiffel tower in solidarity in remembrance of the victims of wednesdays massacre. Of course, 12 people were killed and 11 wounded in the attack on the officers of Charlie Hebdo magazine. We turn now to our correspondent following developments in the search live from paris. Its just past 8 00 in the morning there. Tell us how the weather is there and certainly the mood on this depressing week for the country. Reporter good morning. Just looking at the eiffel tower pictures people are remembering them. Against that there is this backdrop three days in, a massive manhunt for the two brothers.
Violence in response as a new issue of Charlie Hebdo hits the streets here in paris this morning. We have seen people Walking Around with it already. The cartoon is on the cover and is considered by many muslims to be offensive. Jihadist websites are calling for more terror attacks in response. Police are seeking out suspects that they believe are connected to the massacres last week behind me and also at the kosher market here in paris. One man was arrested in bulgarias border with turkey. That man is expected to be charged in connection with some kind of terrorist activity and most importantly this man arrested in bulgaria is believed to have known one of the suspects. New evidence is coming to public view. We have video of the moments that followed the attack on char by hebdo. The brothers outside the offices of that magazine. You can see them eerily calm. So calculated as they get into their car and drive off, confronting police with automatic weapons. All this as attacks against m
Lefthand side of the screen. What you could see was a woman clinging by her fingertips to a ledge. There she is again. You see her just there right there. Shes hanging from the window ledge. Someone eventually pulls her up. And you see someone standing on the ledge, as well. They were there because they were trying to escape the gunfire inside. Absolutely terrifying. People hanging on for dear life. At least seven attackers strapped to a suicide belt and equipped with automatic weapons assaulted six locations in coordinated attacks in paris. A french politician has identified one of the suicide bombers as ismail many whom are in hospital tonight, fighting for their lives. The french president is vowing a ruthless response to what he called an act of car. He declared three days of mourning. Lets get more now from Fred Pleitgen. He is live in paris. We know the names, but were learning more about the identities of the attackers who were involved in this terrorist attack in paris on frida
Thats where the commonalities may lie. All right. We have just passed into 11 00 a. M. East coast time. This happened around 3 00 a. M. East coast time. And as you have been seeing at the bottom of your screen, we now believe at least 31 people are dead. The number of injured has been all over the place, quite frankly, between 100 and 200, with varying degrees of injuries, from severe burns to broken bones. The statement was put out within the hour by brussels equivalent of fire and ems. They have been busy in belgium today. Two separate attacks. One at the airport, upper right, and one at the metro station, lower left. And again, in belgium, as was the case after the paris attacks, people are being told to stay indoors. As you see the headlines change at the bottom of the screen, the french Prime Minister earlier today said we are at war. The french president , Francois Hollande said all of europe has been affected, has been hit, has been attacked by this. And this is again a very fam