PARIS: French police on Thursday published photos of two brothers wanted as suspects over a bloody massacre at a newspaper in Paris as they launched an appeal to the public for information.
Paris police said arrest warrants had been issued for Cherif Kouachi, 32 and his 34-year-old brother Said who were “likely armed and dangerous”.
Earlier, an 18-year-old implicated alongside the two brothers in the bloody attack against Charlie Hebdo surrendered to police, according to a source close to the case.
“Hamyd Mourad handed himself in to police ... on Wednesday at 11:00 pm (2200 GMT) after seeing his name circulating on social media,” the source told AFP.
“He has been arrested and taken into custody,” another source confirmed.
French anti-terror police launched a late-night raid on Wednesday in a frantic manhunt for masked gunmen who killed 12 people at Charlie Hebdo, sparking global outrage.
Local television showed black-clad sharpshooters from the elite police unit in the streets of Reims, in France’s Champagne region, as reports named three suspects in the attack, including two brothers.
Police issued a document to forces across the region, saying three men were being sought for murder in relation to the Charlie Hebdo attack.
The police source said one of them had been identified by his identity card which had been left in the getaway car.
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e Kouachi brothers were from the Paris region while Mourad was from the north-eastern city of Reims, said reports.
e Kouachi brothers were from the Paris region while Mourad was from the north-eastern city of Reims, said reports.
One of the siblings had previously been tried on terrorism charges, according to the reports.
The hooded attackers stormed the Paris offices of Charlie Hebdo, a weekly known for lampooning Islam and other religions, in the most deadly militant attack on French soil in decades. - WIRES
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