France - Machine Gun attack on magazine Charlie Hebdo #1

[Waddles]

I woke up super late, so much is happening this is crazy!

President speaking live now. Says we were aware of the risks, managed to prevent several attacks, sometimes prevention doesn't work. We must do everything we can to protect citizens. (speaking to interior minister, heads of police) You represent the state, you are the state, you must show the state exists and deploy all the resources of the state, to reassure the population. We must refuse stigmatisation of certain member of the public, they must feel part of the public. We want to avoid the repetition of such events. We must mobilise all our intelligence services and finally we must ensure that peaceful demonstrations can be held. All citizens may participate in demonstrations and it expresses our conviction, our determination. Called on citizens to demonstrate on Sunday. The more the better. We will ensure their protection. Even in small villages there will be demonstrations. We must make sure all participants feel protected and secure. International solidarity has been expressed very powerfully. We are all involved. Attacks have also occurred in friendly neighbouring countries. There will be a meeting of ministers of interior of European states. also US. We must keep watch of border movements yet we must allow asylum seekers where necessary; I would like to express my confidence in civil servants. I express my gratitude. Every day act in the general interest, aware of what they have to do. We can see how important they are. Those who exercise authority and provide protection, presence. Through its values an principles through its public servants France will be able to resist its challenges, show its ability to unite. There will always be some shortcomings and horrors. We have a great capacity for uniting on the basis of our Republican values. etc

 

[wfgodot]

France Info radio has obtained an extraordinary account from a salesman who said he shook one of the suspect’s hands when they arrived at the printing business at 8.30am this morning, writes Angelique Chrisafis in Paris.

The man, who would only gave his name as Didier, said he had an appointment with Michel, the owner of the printing and publicity material business. Didier said he shook one of the gunmen’s hands who he took to be police special operations officer. He was dressed in black and was heavily armed with at least one rifle.

He said when he arrived at the business his client came out to meet him with what he took to be a policeman, dressed in black combat gear, with a bullet-proof vest.

“We all shook hands and my client told me to leave.” Didier added that the man he took to be the policeman said: “Go, we don’t kill civilians”. He added “I thought was strange.”

He said: “As I left I didn’t know what it was, it wasn’t normal. I did not know what was going on. Was it a hostage taking or a burglary?”

http://www.theguardian.com/world/li...s-live-updates#block-54af9e3ae4b083a8830fd788

 

[ZaZara]

@itele:




#DammartinEnGoele > les frères #Kouachi ont déclaré "vouloir mourir en martyrs" selon Y. Albarello (député UMP du 77)


Translation of the obvious:


#DammartinEnGoele > the brothers #Kouachi have declared "they want to die as martyrs " according Y. Albarello (MP of UMP of distrct 77)




BBM

 

[zwiebel]

Kim Willsher (@kimwillsher1) tweeted at 11:36am - 9 Jan 15:

#CharlieHebdo another ambulance with police escort speeding up Route National. Journalists being kept well out of place. (https://twitter.com/kimwillsher1/status/553500548297945088?s=17)

 

[Fifth Avenue]

#CharlieHebdo suspects "prepared to die as martyrs", they tell police after making contact - French media http://t.co/Qgmn70TXSU


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[zwiebel]

The Observers (@Observers) tweeted at 11:42am - 9 Jan 15:

A person living near the #Dammartin hostage scene sent us these photos #CharlieHebdo #obs pic.twitter.com/FKHD1fGt03 (https://twitter.com/Observers/status/553502252271689729?s=17)

 

[Waddles]

Hostage is a woman. They spared a journalist in the Charlie Hebdo killings telling her they don't kill women so the reporters on TV live now are saying there is hope. They say that but one of the people killed at Charlie Hebdo was a woman...

 

[ZaZara]

SUSPECT OF SHOOTING NEAR MONTROUGE IDENTIFIED, ARRESTS


Le Point reports:
http://www.lepoint.fr/societe/fusillade-de-montrouge-le-suspect-identifie-09-01-2015-1895163_23.php


Translation:

Two arrests took place Friday morning in the Essonne as part of the Montrouge investigation of the shooting in which a policewoman later died, we heard from sources close to the case.
"The suspect has been identified. Two arrests have taken place in his very close entourage," sources said. The investigation into the shooting that left one dead and one seriously injured on Thursday morning in the town of Hauts-de-Seine progresses, the Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve had earlier assured, without giving further details.


BBM

More news on this subject, by Le Parisien:
http://www.leparisien.fr/essonne-91...2015-4432203.php#xtref=http://t.co/vC5albaOua

Translation:

The officers of the PJ 92 seized during their search evidence confirming the track leading to the suspect, who is still at large. These include documentation of Islamist propaganda character. The two people arrested are the parents of the suspect. According to our information the latter has been identified and is alledgedly known as belonging to a radical Islamist movement. Connections are being corroborated between this suspect and the brothers Sharif and Said Kouachi, perpetrators of the attack against Charlie Hebdo.

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[zwiebel]

Damian Grammaticas (@dngbbc) tweeted at 11:19am - 9 Jan 15:

Armed police and lines more trucks full of officers waiting at Dammartin-en-Goele. #CharlieHebdo pic.twitter.com/vPYMxItcQp (https://twitter.com/dngbbc/status/553496228143824896?s=17)

 

[zwiebel]

Hostage is a woman. They spared a journalist in the Charlie Hebdo killings telling her they don't kill women so the reporters on TV live now are saying there is hope. They say that but one of the people killed at Charlie Hebdo was a woman...

It's a vague hope, but she has had some time to form a 'relationship' with the gunmen. Perhaps that will save her life. They let the man they hijacked the car from take his dog from the backseat. But maybe that was just convenience and not humanity. I don't know.

 

[Fifth Avenue]

It's believed the hostage taken by the #ParisAttacks suspects is a woman. Latest updates at http://t.co/HbUuvhJuMJ http://t.co/PrUBTRmpEA


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[zwiebel]

Agence France-Presse (@AFP) tweeted at 11:57am - 9 Jan 15:

AFP map of the region northeast of Paris where Wednesday's massacre suspects are cornered with hostage pic.twitter.com/H9SwsdTFRf (https://twitter.com/AFP/status/553505858811080704?s=17)

 

[zwiebel]

It looks like they were certainly heading back to Paris. Maybe for a last stand? I don't think this pair had any backup plan for after the massacre. I suspect they were foolish enough to think they could just lie low for a while then return to their apartments and no-one would ever know it was them...

Or maybe they expected to die during the massacre.

 

[ZaZara]

It's a vague hope, but she has had some time to form a 'relationship' with the gunmen. Perhaps that will save her life. They let the man they hijacked the car from take his dog from the backseat. But maybe that was just convenience and not humanity. I don't know.

BBM

More than convenience .....

Islam and dogs ..... no dogs allowed if you want to die a martyr!

 

[FindHG]

Agence France-Presse (@AFP) tweeted at 11:57am - 9 Jan 15:

AFP map of the region northeast of Paris where Wednesday's massacre suspects are cornered with hostage pic.twitter.com/H9SwsdTFRf (https://twitter.com/AFP/status/553505858811080704?s=17)

from here: http://www.france24.com/fr/tv-en-direct-chaine-live/

Town of 8000. Kids will soon be going home from school. Things have calmed down. One hostage, not sure if driver. Helos back up.
Hollande back at Ely. Palace.

 

[zwiebel]

BBM

More than convenience .....

Islam and dogs ..... no dogs allowed if you want to die a martyr!

Oh, of course!

A place without dogs is my idea of hell...

 

[Fifth Avenue]

58 minutes ago

#CharlyHebdo teacher in siege town says trying to keep children from panicking by singing rhymes and sitting on floor away from windows.

#CharlieHebdo.Dammartin-en-Goele. Helicopter hovering nearby but visibility hampered by rain and fog.heavily armed gendarmes everywhere.

#CharlieHebdo another ambulance with police escort speeding up Route National. Journalists being kept well out of place.

https://twitter.com/kimwillsher1



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[wfgodot]

Daily Mail:

Charlie Hebdo murderers were on U.S. no-fly list: Brothers had been flagged as terrorist risk BEFORE Paris attack

 

[wfgodot]

4m ago
11:10
Footage taken from a car following shows French police chasing a vehicle on the A2 motorway near the scene of where officers had been hunting Saïd and Chérif Kouachi.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/li...s-live-updates#block-54af93f2e4b0c9505d7d9b68

11:15am
Summary
Here’s a summary of what we know so far:
• Scores of armed police officers have surrounded an industrial estate in Danmartin-en-Goele, northeast of Paris, where the prime suspects in the Charlie Hebdo massacre have taken a person hostage.
• The gunmen took over a printworks after a shootout with armed police officers, sparking a major operation involving Swat teams and military helicopters.
• Police are said to have opened hostage negotiations with the suspects as armed officers seal off the town. A local MP told French media that the two suspects declared to police negotiators that they wanted to die as martyrs.
• The siege is taking place close to Paris Charles De Gaulle airport, which has restricted flights to its southern runways, further away from the standoff.
• A Ministry of the Interior spokesman confirmed to France Info radio that there was an exchange of fire with gendarmes who were manning a roadblock on the N2 motorway as the brothers approached Paris. No one was injured in the clash. The brothers then drove into the village’s industrial estate and took at least one hostage.
• The Paris prosecutor’s office has denied reports that one person has been killed in a shootout.
• Three primary schools and one high school in the area are on lockdown. Police have warned residents in the area to stay indoors.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/li...s-live-updates#block-54af93f2e4b0c9505d7d9b68

 

[SouthAussie]

11:07
Jordan Malle, who is just outside Dammartin-en-Goele, tells BBC News that people in the area "are scared". Mr Malle says his sister works at the town's hospital, and preparations there are being made in case of the worst-case scenario.

http://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-europe-30722098