Paris Terror Attack: Two Brothers On The Run

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By Ian Woods, Senior Correspondent, In Paris

A massive manhunt is under way for two suspects in the terror attack on a satirical magazine.

Images have been released of brothers Said Kouachi and Cherif Kouachi, both in their early 30s, who are suspected of being part of the attack that left 12 people dead.

Officials have said the French nationals are linked to a Yemeni terror network.

The youngest of the suspects in the shooting has handed himself in to police after he was named on social media as Hamyd Mourad, 18.

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Gallery: Police Carry Out Raid In Reims

Police have carried out raids in the Croix-Rouge area of the French city of Reims following the massacre at the offices of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo

They are hunting two men, Said Kouachi and Cherif Kouachi, suspected of carrying out the attack which left 12 people dead

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A police officer aims his weapon during the raid

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French prime minister Manuel Valls said seven people had been arrested in connection with the attacks

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Sky sources say the man, who has been arrested, is the brother-in-law of the suspects at large.

On Wednesday night heavily armoured French police raided an apartment in the city of Reims, east of Paris, as they continued a massive manhunt to find the killers.

French officials say seven people have been detained overnight.

As people continue to leave tributes to the victims near the scene of the shooting, thousands of officers have reportedly been deployed in the hunt for the men behind the attack on the offices of Charlie Hebdo.

It has previously been targeted over its portrayal of the Prophet Mohammed.

In Wednesday's attack, masked gunmen stormed the offices and called out their victims by name before opening fire during a morning editorial meeting.

They were armed with Kalashnikov assault rifles and a rocket-propelled grenade.

They were let inside the Charlie Hebdo building by a female employee who was threatened at gunpoint along with her daughter and forced to punch in a security code to allow them inside.

The editor and a cartoonist for the newspaper, who went by the pen names Charb and Cabu, were among those killed.

Radio France chief executive Mathieu Gilet announced that contributor Bernard Maris was also killed.

Two police officers were among the dead, including one assigned as Charb's bodyguard after he had received death threats and another who was shot in the head as he lay wounded on the ground outside the offices.

He has been named as Ahmed Merabet and is believed to be a Muslim.

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Gallery: Magazine Victims Identified

Bernard Maris was a journalist and shareholder in Charlie Hebdo

Bernard Velhav was a contributer to the magazine. Pic: Georges Seguin

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French President Francois Hollande has declared today a national day of mourning and a nationwide minute of silence is planned for noon.

In a televised address on Wednesday he said: "We have to respond according to the crime, first of all by finding the authors of this infamy and we have to ensure that they are arrested, judged... and punished very severely."

With the country on maximum terror alert, more than 800 extra soldiers are helping to guard media offices, places of worship and other sensitive areas.

Tens of thousands of people have staged silent protests in France and across the world.

Social media users have used the hashtag #jesuischarlie to show solidarity for the victims of the shooting, with the Charlie Hebdo website also using the image as its masthead.

In the wake of the attack, the British Government is holding an emergency Cobra meeting chaired by the Home Secretary this morning.

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Gallery: The Pencil Is Mightier Than The Gun

Cartoonists all over the world have been picking up their pencils to show their support for the murdered artists on Charlie Hebdo magazine. This was by Carlos Latuff, posted on @LatuffCartoons latuffcartoons.wordpress.com

By David Pope @davpope. Political cartoonist at The Canberra Times

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Meanwhile, two police officers were wounded in a shoot-out in southern Paris overnight, but it is not being linked to the attack on the magazine.

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