Twelve people were killed Wednesday when gunmen stormed a French satirical news magazine which has published cartoons of the Muslim Prophet Muhammad.
France raised its terror threat level following the shooting at the offices of Charlie Hebdo in central Paris and stepped up security for media organizations, large stores and places of worship. The gunmen remained at large hours after the attack, which occurred at 11:30 a.m. local time (5:30 a.m. ET).
"We will find the people who did this," French President Francois Hollande said. "France is today shocked by this terrorist attack."
Benoit Bringer, a journalist with Agence Premiere Ligne who saw the attack, told the iTele network he saw several masked men armed with machine guns. Television footage from the scene showed a police car with at last 10 bullet holes in the windshield.
Police confirmed 12 people had been killed, including two officers.
Luc Poignant, an official of the SBP police union, told The Associated Press that the attackers escaped in two vehicles. NBC News could not independently confirm that account.
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