Sources
close to the investigation say the suspects, two brothers, were spotted
at a gas station in northern France armed with automatic weapons and
rocket launchers.
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The manhunt for brothers
Said and Cherif Kouachi, who stormed into the Paris offices of
satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo the previous day and killed 10
civilians and two policemen, continued on Thursday morning as France
woke up to a day of mourning. The two brothers were spotted in the
Picardy region in northern France, and large police forces were
dispatched to the area.
A third suspect -
18-year-old homeless man Hamid Mourad - has turned himself in at a
police station in a small town in the eastern region after learning his
name was linked to the attacks in the news and social media. Several
other arrests have been made overnight in connection with the attack.
The manager of a gas
station near the town of Villers-Cotterets recognized the Algerian
brothers, saying they were in possession of "Kalashnikovs and rocket
launchers." He said they were driving a gray Renault Clio and were
hooded, sources close to the investigation confirmed.
According to the
manager, the two brothers robbed the gas station and left with food and
gas, but this report has not been officially confirmed.
One of the suspects,
Cherif Kouachi, 32, was sentenced to 18 months in prison after being
convicted of terrorism charges in 2008 for helping funnel fighters to
Iraq's insurgency. He said he was outraged at the torture of Iraqi
inmates at the US prison at Abu Ghraib near Baghdad and "really believed
in the idea" of fighting the US-led coalition in Iraq.
He and his brother,
Said, 34, should be considered "armed and dangerous," French police said
in a bulletin early Thursday, appealing for witnesses after a fruitless
search in the city of Reims, in French Champagne country.culled
Wow!......they always
get the suspects identity fast when something happen abroad,why cant
Nigeria get at least CCTV'S in strategic places to curb crime a little?
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