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Police Focus On Forest In Hunt For Charlie Hebdo Killers

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A manhunt to trace two brothers wanted over the Paris magazine massacre was focusing on a stretch of countryside outside the capital on Thursday. There were reports of a heavy police presence around the thickly wooded area near a petrol garage where Said and Cherif Kouachi were apparently seen earlier today.

The pair are the main suspects in Wednesday's deadly attack on the offices of satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo. The tension gripping France deepened further on Thursday after a policewoman was shot dead in a southern Parisian suburb this morning in an attack which officials are believed to be treating as a terrorist act.

Earlier on Wednesday, the first image of the bloodied offices of the newspaper was published in the French daily Le Monde, showing a hallway smeared with blood. Blood-stained papers also lay on the ground, hinting at the chaos and panic that unfolded as masked gunmen burst into the offices armed with Kalashnikovs and opened fire.

Security has been stepped up at ports and borders in the UK following the attack. Thousands of police and security officers have been deployed to hunt for the brothers and the search is concentrating on a rural area to the north of the city after reports that they were spotted driving a Renault Clio at a roadside petrol station in the Aisne region.

Teams of heavily armed officers were scouring the dense woodland in the 13,000 hectare Foret de Retz around 50 miles (80km) outside Paris, while searches were carried out in the picturesque towns of Villers-Cotterets, Longpont and Corcy.

Benoit Verdun, a hotel worker in Longpont, told Sky News: "There are lots of policemen. I can see a huge police car. They are asking people 'Have you seen anybody?' They have big guns with them. The forest is bigger than Paris - it is very big and very wide." He said police asked him to close the hotel and stay inside.

Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said a total of nine people are now in custody and more than 90 witnesses have been interviewed. He said that "all means" available are being deployed to trace the fugitives. He also confirmed that agencies have so far established no link between the Charlie Hebdo attack and this morning's shooting.

The nationwide search for the brothers appeared to be narrowing after they were identified by the manager of a filling station. They stole food and petrol from the service station and were hooded and armed with Kalashnikovs, it was claimed. The Vigipirate plan - the French national security alert system - was yesterday raised to its highest level, "alerte attentat", across the entire Ile-de-France region around Paris.

That threat level has now been extended to cover Picardy, the northern region where the suspects are said to have been spotted. In total more than 88,000 security personnel have been deployed across the region to reflect the heightened alert.

Members of the French police special force GIPN carry out searches in Corcy, northern France, on January 8, 2015

The manhunt was launched after masked gunmen stormed into Charlie Hebdo's offices and opened fire, killing eight journalists, two police officers, a maintenance worker and a visitor in France's worst terror atrocity since 1961. They shouted "We have avenged the prophet" after the shooting. The weekly publication had been threatened before for its caricatures of the Prophet Muhammed.

Cherif Kouachi was convicted of terrorism charges in 2008 for helping funnel fighters to Iraq's insurgency and sentenced to 18 months in prison, according to reports. A third man, Hamyd Mourad, 18, surrendered to police, after hearing his name on the news in connection with the attack, a judicial official said.

The sense of unease in Paris was compounded by the second fatal attack on police in consecutive days. Thursday's shooting took place early this morning when an officer stopped to investigate a traffic accident. A street sweeper was critically injured in the incident.

Witness Ahmed Sassi said: "There was an officer in front of a white car and a man running away who shot." The gunman, who was dressed in dark clothes, fled after the shooting in Montrouge, just to the south of the city. Two explosions were reported near Mosques south of Paris. No-one was hurt in those incidents.

Meanwhile, security has been stepped up at UK ports and border controls. The measures have been put in place "on a precautionary basis" but there has been no change to the threat level in the UK, Downing Street said. Andrew Parker, the head of MI5, said the Charlie Hebdo attack was a "terrible reminder of the intentions of those who wish us harm".

The director-general of the Security Service said MI5 would be offering its French counterparts its "full support". Assistant Commissioner Mark Rowley, Britain's most senior counter-terrorism officer, said UK police stand ready to support their French counterparts' search for those suspected of the Charlie Hebdo attack.

He said: "A massive manhunt is under way to catch the suspects and UK police will continue to do all they can to assist our colleagues in France to help catch the people who carried out that attack. At this stage, there is no UK connection and the threat levels remain unchanged, at severe for the UK.

The manhunt for two brothers suspected of massacring 12 people zeroed in on a northern town of Corcy

"We continue to review our ability to prevent and respond to terrorist incidents and we have deployed additional measures to help reassure and protect the public. The measures we take to protect the public are constantly under review. There is a lot of proactive work going on by the National Counter Terrorism Policing Network and other agencies to mitigate the threat from terrorism."

Wednesday's killings drew condemnation around the world and French President Francois Hollande declared a national day of mourning. At midday local time a minute's silence was observed across the country, with quiet descending on public squares, schools and on Metro trains. Tonight the Eiffel Tower went dark in tribute to the victims of the attack.

Police forces across Britain paid tribute to the two French officers murdered in the magazine attack by pausing "in solidarity and sympathy" this morning.

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An armed French policeman aims for a shot as he patrols in Fleury, north of Paris, France, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2015. Scattered gunfire and explosions shook France on Thursday as its frightened yet defiant citizens held a day of mourning for 12 people slain at a Paris newspaper. French police hunted down the two heavily armed brothers suspected in the massacre to make sure they don't strike again. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus) (credit:Thibault Camus/AP)

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Armed police patrol in the village of Fleury, north east of Paris, hunting down the two heavily armed brothers suspected in the massacre at Charlie Hebdo newspaper, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2015. Scattered gunfire and explosions shook France on Thursday as its frightened yet defiant citizens held a day of mourning for 12 people slain at a Paris newspaper. (AP Photo/Michel Spingler) (credit:Michel Spingler/AP)

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An armed police officer patrols in the village of Fleury, north east of Paris, hunting down the two heavily armed brothers suspected in Wednesday's massacre at Charlie Hebdo newspaper, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2015. Scattered gunfire and explosions shook France on Thursday as its frightened yet defiant citizens held a day of mourning for 12 people slain at a Paris newspaper. (AP Photo/Michel Spingler) (credit:Michel Spingler/AP)

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An armed French policeman patrols in Fleury, north of Paris, France, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2015. Scattered gunfire and explosions shook France on Thursday as its frightened yet defiant citizens held a day of mourning for 12 people slain at a Paris newspaper. French police hunted down the two heavily armed brothers suspected in the massacre to make sure they don't strike again. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus) (credit:Thibault Camus/AP)

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Armed French policeman patrol in Fleury, north of Paris, France, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2015. Scattered gunfire and explosions shook France on Thursday as its frightened yet defiant citizens held a day of mourning for 12 people slain at a Paris newspaper. French police hunted down the two heavily armed brothers suspected in the massacre to make sure they don't strike again. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus) (credit:Thibault Camus/AP)

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An armed French policeman holds his handgun as he guards a road in the village of Fleury, 80 kilometers northeast of Paris, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2015, where the suspects of a shooting at a Paris newspaper office were reportedly spotted. Masked gunmen stormed the Paris offices of a weekly newspaper Wednesday that caricatured the Prophet Muhammad, killing at least 12 people, including the editor, before escaping in a car. It was France's deadliest postwar terrorist attack. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong) (credit:Peter Dejong/AP)

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An armed police officer holds his handgun as he guards a road in the village of Fleury, 80 kilometers northeast of Paris, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2015, where the suspects of a shooting at a Paris newspaper office were reportedly spotted. Masked gunmen stormed the Paris offices of a weekly newspaper Wednesday that caricatured the Prophet Muhammad, killing at least 12 people, including the editor, before escaping in a car. It was France's deadliest postwar terrorist attack. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong) (credit:Peter Dejong/AP)

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French police question a motorist at a road block in Longpont, northern France, on January 8, 2015, during searches as part of an investigation into a deadly attack the day before by armed gunmen on the Paris offices of French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo. A huge manhunt for two brothers suspected of massacring 12 people in an Islamist attack at a satirical French weekly zeroed in on a northern town on January 8 after the discovery of one of the getaway cars. As thousands of police tightened their net, the country marked a rare national day of mourning for January 7's bloodbath at Charlie Hebdo magazine in Paris, the worst terrorist attack in France for half a century. AFP PHOTO / DOMINIQUE FAGET (Photo credit should read DOMINIQUE FAGET/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:DOMINIQUE FAGET via Getty Images)

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French police stop a passing car in Longpont, northern France, on January 8, 2015, during searches as part of an investigation into a deadly attack the day before by armed gunmen on the Paris offices of French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo. A huge manhunt for two brothers suspected of massacring 12 people in an Islamist attack at a satirical French weekly zeroed in on a northern town on January 8 after the discovery of one of the getaway cars. As thousands of police tightened their net, the country marked a rare national day of mourning for January 7's bloodbath at Charlie Hebdo magazine in Paris, the worst terrorist attack in France for half a century. AFP PHOTO / DOMINIQUE FAGET (Photo credit should read DOMINIQUE FAGET/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:DOMINIQUE FAGET via Getty Images)

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French police stand in Longpont, northern France, on January 8, 2015, during searches as part of an investigation into a deadly attack the day before by armed gunmen on the Paris offices of French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo. A huge manhunt for two brothers suspected of massacring 12 people in an Islamist attack at a satirical French weekly zeroed in on a northern town on January 8 after the discovery of one of the getaway cars. As thousands of police tightened their net, the country marked a rare national day of mourning for January 7's bloodbath at Charlie Hebdo magazine in Paris, the worst terrorist attack in France for half a century. AFP PHOTO / DOMINIQUE FAGET (Photo credit should read DOMINIQUE FAGET/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:DOMINIQUE FAGET via Getty Images)

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French police stand in the street in Longpont, northern France, on January 8, 2015, during searches as part of an investigation into a deadly attack the day before by armed gunmen on the Paris offices of French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo. A huge manhunt for two brothers suspected of massacring 12 people in an Islamist attack at a satirical French weekly zeroed in on a northern town on January 8 after the discovery of one of the getaway cars. As thousands of police tightened their net, the country marked a rare national day of mourning for January 7's bloodbath at Charlie Hebdo magazine in Paris, the worst terrorist attack in France for half a century. AFP PHOTO / FRANCOIS NASCIMBENI (Photo credit should read FRANCOIS NASCIMBENI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:FRANCOIS NASCIMBENI via Getty Images)

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French police stand in the street in Longpont, northern France, on January 8, 2015, during searches as part of an investigation into a deadly attack the day before by armed gunmen on the Paris offices of French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo. A huge manhunt for two brothers suspected of massacring 12 people in an Islamist attack at a satirical French weekly zeroed in on a northern town on January 8 after the discovery of one of the getaway cars. As thousands of police tightened their net, the country marked a rare national day of mourning for January 7's bloodbath at Charlie Hebdo magazine in Paris, the worst terrorist attack in France for half a century. AFP PHOTO / FRANCOIS NASCIMBENI (Photo credit should read FRANCOIS NASCIMBENI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:FRANCOIS NASCIMBENI via Getty Images)

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LONGPONT, FRANCE - JANUARY 09: Police officers stop a car at a check point on January 9, 2015 outside Longpont, France. A huge manhunt for the two suspected gunmen in Wednesday's deadly attack on Charlie Hebdo magazine has entered its third day. (Photo by Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images) (credit:Pascal Le Segretain via Getty Images)

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LONGPONT, FRANCE - JANUARY 09: Police officers patrol on January 9, 2015 outside Longpont, France. A huge manhunt for the two suspected gunmen in Wednesday's deadly attack on Charlie Hebdo magazine has entered its third day. (Photo by Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images) (credit:Pascal Le Segretain via Getty Images)

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LONGPONT, FRANCE - JANUARY 09: A special forces police officer drives an armored vehicle on January 9, 2015 outside Longpont, France. A huge manhunt for the two suspected gunmen in Wednesday's deadly attack on Charlie Hebdo magazine has entered its third day. (Photo by Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images) (credit:Pascal Le Segretain via Getty Images)

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LONGPONT, FRANCE - JANUARY 09: A special forces police officer drives an armored vehicle on January 9, 2015 outside Longpont, France. A huge manhunt for the two suspected gunmen in Wednesday's deadly attack on Charlie Hebdo magazine has entered its third day. (Photo by Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images) (credit:Pascal Le Segretain via Getty Images)

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LONGPONT, FRANCE - JANUARY 09: Police officers stop a car at a check point on January 9, 2015 outside Longpont, France. A huge manhunt for the two suspected gunmen in Wednesday's deadly attack on Charlie Hebdo magazine has entered its third day. (Photo by Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images) (credit:Pascal Le Segretain via Getty Images)

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Cameramen wait at a police roadblock near the village of Longpont, 80 kilometers northeast of Paris, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2015, where the suspects of a shooting at a Paris newspaper office were reportedly spotted. Masked gunmen stormed the Paris offices of a weekly newspaper Wednesday that caricatured the Prophet Muhammad, killing at least 12 people, including the editor, before escaping in a car. It was France's deadliest postwar terrorist attack. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong) (credit:Peter Dejong/AP)

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A police vehicle stops a women from walking to the village of Longpont, 80 kilometers northeast of Paris, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2015, where the suspects of a shooting at a Paris newspaper office were reportedly spotted. Masked gunmen stormed the Paris offices of a weekly newspaper Wednesday that caricatured the Prophet Muhammad, killing at least 12 people, including the editor, before escaping in a car. It was France's deadliest postwar terrorist attack. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong) (credit:Peter Dejong/AP)

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Atmosphere in the north-east of Paris where armed suspects from the attack on French satirical weekly newspaper Charlie Hebdo are hidden in France on January 8, 2015. Photo by Pascal Melin/ ABACAPRESS.COM (credit:ABACA/ABACA)

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French gendarmes check a car near Corcy as GIPN members (French National Police Intervention Groups) lead an ongoing search on January 8, 2015, after the two armed suspects involved in the attack on the French satirical weekly newspaper Charlie Hebdo were spotted in a gray Clio. French security forces deployed on January 8 in a northern town where two brothers suspected of having gunned down 12 people in an Islamist attack on satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo abandoned their car, a police source said. Cherif Kouachi, 32, a jihadist well-known to police, and his brother Said, 34, were spotted by the manager of a petrol station in the town about an hour's drive northeast of Paris, who after being robbed 'formally identified' the two men. AFP PHOTO JOEL SAGET (Photo credit should read JOEL SAGET/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:JOEL SAGET via Getty Images)

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Members of the GIPN and RAID, French police special forces, walk in Corcy, northern France, on January 8, 2015 as they carry out searches as part of an investigation into a deadly attack the day before by armed gunmen on the Paris offices of French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo. A huge manhunt for two brothers suspected of massacring 12 people in an Islamist attack at a satirical French weekly zeroed in on a northern town on January 8 after the discovery of one of the getaway cars. As thousands of police tightened their net, the country marked a rare national day of mourning for January 7's bloodbath at Charlie Hebdo magazine in Paris, the worst terrorist attack in France for half a century. AFP PHOTO / FRANCOIS LO PRESTI (Photo credit should read FRANCOIS LO PRESTI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:FRANCOIS LO PRESTI via Getty Images)

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Members of the GIPN and RAID, French police special forces, walk in Corcy, northern France, on January 8, 2015 as they carry out searches as part of an investigation into a deadly attack the day before by armed gunmen on the Paris offices of French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo. A huge manhunt for two brothers suspected of massacring 12 people in an Islamist attack at a satirical French weekly zeroed in on a northern town on January 8 after the discovery of one of the getaway cars. As thousands of police tightened their net, the country marked a rare national day of mourning for January 7's bloodbath at Charlie Hebdo magazine in Paris, the worst terrorist attack in France for half a century. AFP PHOTO / FRANCOIS LO PRESTI (Photo credit should read FRANCOIS LO PRESTI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:FRANCOIS LO PRESTI via Getty Images)

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Members of the French police special force GIPN carry out searches in Corcy, northern France, on January 8, 2015 as part of an investigation into a deadly attack the day before by armed gunmen on the Paris offices of French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo. A huge manhunt for two brothers suspected of massacring 12 people in an Islamist attack at a satirical French weekly zeroed in on a northern town on January 8 after the discovery of one of the getaway cars. As thousands of police tightened their net, the country marked a rare national day of mourning for January 7's bloodbath at Charlie Hebdo magazine in Paris, the worst terrorist attack in France for half a century. AFP PHOTO / FRANCOIS LO PRESTI (Photo credit should read FRANCOIS LO PRESTI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:FRANCOIS LO PRESTI via Getty Images)

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Members of the French police special force GIPN carry out searches in Corcy, northern France, on January 8, 2015 as part of an investigation into a deadly attack the day before by armed gunmen on the Paris offices of French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo. A huge manhunt for two brothers suspected of massacring 12 people in an Islamist attack at a satirical French weekly zeroed in on a northern town on January 8 after the discovery of one of the getaway cars. As thousands of police tightened their net, the country marked a rare national day of mourning for January 7's bloodbath at Charlie Hebdo magazine in Paris, the worst terrorist attack in France for half a century. AFP PHOTO / FRANCOIS LO PRESTI (Photo credit should read FRANCOIS LO PRESTI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:FRANCOIS LO PRESTI via Getty Images)

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Members of the French police special force GIPN carry out searches in Corcy, northern France, on January 8, 2015 as part of an investigation into a deadly attack the day before by armed gunmen on the Paris offices of French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo. A huge manhunt for two brothers suspected of massacring 12 people in an Islamist attack at a satirical French weekly zeroed in on a northern town on January 8 after the discovery of one of the getaway cars. As thousands of police tightened their net, the country marked a rare national day of mourning for January 7's bloodbath at Charlie Hebdo magazine in Paris, the worst terrorist attack in France for half a century. AFP PHOTO / FRANCOIS LO PRESTI (Photo credit should read FRANCOIS LO PRESTI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:FRANCOIS LO PRESTI via Getty Images)

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Members of the French police special force GIPN carry out searches in Corcy, northern France, on January 8, 2015 as part of an investigation into a deadly attack the day before by armed gunmen on the Paris offices of French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo. A huge manhunt for two brothers suspected of massacring 12 people in an Islamist attack at a satirical French weekly zeroed in on a northern town on January 8 after the discovery of one of the getaway cars. As thousands of police tightened their net, the country marked a rare national day of mourning for January 7's bloodbath at Charlie Hebdo magazine in Paris, the worst terrorist attack in France for half a century. AFP PHOTO / FRANCOIS LO PRESTI (Photo credit should read FRANCOIS LO PRESTI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:FRANCOIS LO PRESTI via Getty Images)

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Members of the French police special force GIPN carry out searches in Corcy, northern France, on January 8, 2015 as part of an investigation into a deadly attack the day before by armed gunmen on the Paris offices of French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo. A huge manhunt for two brothers suspected of massacring 12 people in an Islamist attack at a satirical French weekly zeroed in on a northern town on January 8 after the discovery of one of the getaway cars. As thousands of police tightened their net, the country marked a rare national day of mourning for January 7's bloodbath at Charlie Hebdo magazine in Paris, the worst terrorist attack in France for half a century. AFP PHOTO / FRANCOIS LO PRESTI (Photo credit should read FRANCOIS LO PRESTI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:FRANCOIS LO PRESTI via Getty Images)

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Members of the French police special force GIPN carry out searches in Corcy, northern France, on January 8, 2015 as part of an investigation into a deadly attack the day before by armed gunmen on the Paris offices of French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo. A huge manhunt for two brothers suspected of massacring 12 people in an Islamist attack at a satirical French weekly zeroed in on a northern town on January 8 after the discovery of one of the getaway cars. As thousands of police tightened their net, the country marked a rare national day of mourning for January 7's bloodbath at Charlie Hebdo magazine in Paris, the worst terrorist attack in France for half a century. AFP PHOTO / FRANCOIS LO PRESTI (Photo credit should read FRANCOIS LO PRESTI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:FRANCOIS LO PRESTI via Getty Images)

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Members of the GIPN and RAID, French police special forces, walk in Corcy, northern France, on January 8, 2015 carry out searches as part of an investigation into a deadly attack the day before by armed gunmen on the Paris offices of French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo. A huge manhunt for two brothers suspected of massacring 12 people in an Islamist attack at a satirical French weekly zeroed in on a northern town on January 8 after the discovery of one of the getaway cars. As thousands of police tightened their net, the country marked a rare national day of mourning for January 7's bloodbath at Charlie Hebdo magazine in Paris, the worst terrorist attack in France for half a century. AFP PHOTO / FRANCOIS LO PRESTI (Photo credit should read FRANCOIS LO PRESTI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:FRANCOIS LO PRESTI via Getty Images)

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Members of the GIPN and RAID, French police special forces, walk in Corcy, northern France, on January 8, 2015 carry out searches as part of an investigation into a deadly attack the day before by armed gunmen on the Paris offices of French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo. A huge manhunt for two brothers suspected of massacring 12 people in an Islamist attack at a satirical French weekly zeroed in on a northern town on January 8 after the discovery of one of the getaway cars. As thousands of police tightened their net, the country marked a rare national day of mourning for January 7's bloodbath at Charlie Hebdo magazine in Paris, the worst terrorist attack in France for half a century. AFP PHOTO / FRANCOIS LO PRESTI (Photo credit should read FRANCOIS LO PRESTI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:FRANCOIS LO PRESTI via Getty Images)

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Members of the French police special force GIPN opens a door in Corcy, northern France, on January 8, 2015 during searches as part of an investigation into a deadly attack the day before by armed gunmen on the Paris offices of French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo. A huge manhunt for two brothers suspected of massacring 12 people in an Islamist attack at a satirical French weekly zeroed in on a northern town on January 8 after the discovery of one of the getaway cars. As thousands of police tightened their net, the country marked a rare national day of mourning for January 7's bloodbath at Charlie Hebdo magazine in Paris, the worst terrorist attack in France for half a century. AFP PHOTO / FRANCOIS LO PRESTI (Photo credit should read FRANCOIS LO PRESTI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:FRANCOIS LO PRESTI via Getty Images)

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Members of the GIPN, a French police special forces, walk in Corcy, northern France, on January 8, 2015 carry out searches as part of an investigation into a deadly attack the day before by armed gunmen on the Paris offices of French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo. A huge manhunt for two brothers suspected of massacring 12 people in an Islamist attack at a satirical French weekly zeroed in on a northern town on January 8 after the discovery of one of the getaway cars. As thousands of police tightened their net, the country marked a rare national day of mourning for January 7's bloodbath at Charlie Hebdo magazine in Paris, the worst terrorist attack in France for half a century. AFP PHOTO / FRANCOIS LO PRESTI (Photo credit should read FRANCOIS LO PRESTI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:FRANCOIS LO PRESTI via Getty Images)

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French riot officers patrol in Longpont, north of Paris, France, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2015. Scattered gunfire and explosions shook France on Thursday as its frightened yet defiant citizens held a day of mourning for 12 people slain at a Paris newspaper. French police hunted down the two heavily armed brothers suspected in the massacre to make sure they don't strike again. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)

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Armed police officers patrol in the village of Longpont, northeast of Paris, hunting the two heavily armed brothers suspected in the massacre at Charlie Hebdo newspaper, Thursday, Jan.8, 2015. Scattered gunfire and explosions shook France on Thursday as its frightened yet defiant citizens held a day of mourning for 12 people slain at a Paris newspaper. (AP Photo/Michel Spingler) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)

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Armed police officers patrol in the village of Longpont, northeast of Paris, hunting the two heavily armed brothers suspected in the massacre at Charlie Hebdo newspaper, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2015. Scattered gunfire and explosions shook France on Thursday as its frightened yet defiant citizens held a day of mourning for 12 people slain at a Paris newspaper. (AP Photo/Michel Spingler) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)

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French armed police officers patrol near a farm as they search for suspects in Wednesday's attack at the Paris offices of the newspaper Charlie Hebdo, in Longpont, northeast of Paris, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2015. Masked gunmen stormed the Paris offices of a weekly newspaper Wednesday that caricatured the Prophet Muhammad, killing at least 12 people, including the editor, before escaping in a car. It was France's deadliest postwar terrorist attack. (AP Photo/Michel Spingler) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)

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French police officers patrol in Longpont, north of Paris, France, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2015. Scattered gunfire and explosions shook France on Thursday as its frightened yet defiant citizens held a day of mourning for 12 people slain at a Paris newspaper. French police hunted for the two heavily armed brothers suspected in the massacre to make sure they don't strike again. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)

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Armed police officers patrol in the village of Longpont, northeast of Paris, hunting the two heavily armed brothers suspected in the massacre at Charlie Hebdo newspaper, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2015. Scattered gunfire and explosions shook France on Thursday as its frightened yet defiant citizens held a day of mourning for 12 people slain at a Paris newspaper. (AP Photo/Michel Spingler) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)

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French riot officers patrol in Longpont, north of Paris, France, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2015. Scattered gunfire and explosions shook France on Thursday as its frightened yet defiant citizens held a day of mourning for 12 people slain at a Paris newspaper. French police hunted down the two heavily armed brothers suspected in the massacre to make sure they don't strike again. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)

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French riot officers patrol in Longpont, north of Paris, France, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2015. Scattered gunfire and explosions shook France on Thursday as its frightened yet defiant citizens held a day of mourning for 12 people slain at a Paris newspaper. French police hunted down the two heavily armed brothers suspected in the massacre to make sure they don't strike again. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)

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French riot officers patrol in Longpont, north of Paris, France, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2015. Scattered gunfire and explosions shook France on Thursday as its frightened yet defiant citizens held a day of mourning for 12 people slain at a Paris newspaper. French police hunted for the two heavily armed brothers suspected in the massacre to make sure they don't strike again. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)

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French riot officers patrol in Longpont, north of Paris, France, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2015. Scattered gunfire and explosions shook France on Thursday as its frightened yet defiant citizens held a day of mourning for 12 people slain at a Paris newspaper. French police hunted for the two heavily armed brothers suspected in the massacre to make sure they don't strike again. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)

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A French riot officer patrols in Longpont, north of Paris, France, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2015. Scattered gunfire and explosions shook France on Thursday as its frightened yet defiant citizens held a day of mourning for 12 people slain at a Paris newspaper. French police hunted for the two heavily armed brothers suspected in the massacre to make sure they don't strike again. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)

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SWAT police officer patrol in the village of Longpont, north east of Paris, hunting down the two heavily armed brothers suspected in the massacre at Charlie Hebdo newspaper, Thursday, Jan.8, 2015. Scattered gunfire and explosions shook France on Thursday as its frightened yet defiant citizens held a day of mourning for 12 people slain at a Paris newspaper. (AP Photo/Michel Spingler) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)

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French riot officers patrol in Longpont, north of Paris, France, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2015. Scattered gunfire and explosions shook France on Thursday as its frightened yet defiant citizens held a day of mourning for 12 people slain at a Paris newspaper. French police hunted down the two heavily armed brothers suspected in the massacre to make sure they don't strike again. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)

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French police officers patrol in Longpont, north of Paris, France, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2015. Scattered gunfire and explosions shook France on Thursday as its frightened yet defiant citizens held a day of mourning for 12 people slain at a Paris newspaper. French police hunted down the two heavily armed brothers suspected in the massacre to make sure they don't strike again. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)

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SWAT police officers patrol in the village of Longpont, northeast of Paris, in search of the two heavily armed brothers suspected in the massacre at Charlie Hebdo newspaper, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2015. Scattered gunfire and explosions shook France on Thursday as its frightened yet defiant citizens held a day of mourning for 12 people slain at a Paris newspaper. (AP Photo/Michel Spingler) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)

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Armed French police patrol in Longpont, north of Paris, France, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2015. Scattered gunfire and explosions shook France on Thursday as its frightened yet defiant citizens held a day of mourning for 12 people slain at a Paris newspaper. French police hunted down the two heavily armed brothers suspected in the massacre to make sure they don't strike again. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)

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A member of GIPN, (French National Police Intervention Groups) is pictured in Corcy, near Villers-Cotterets, north-east of Paris, on January 8, 2015, where the two armed suspects from the attack on French satirical weekly newspaper Charlie Hebdo were spotted in a gray Clio. French security forces deployed on January 8 in a northern town where two brothers suspected of having gunned down 12 people in an Islamist attack on satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo abandoned their car, a police source said. Cherif Kouachi, 32, a jihadist well-known to police, and his brother Said, 34, were spotted by the manager of a petrol station in the town about an hour's drive northeast of Paris, who after being robbed 'formally identified' the two men. AFP PHOTO / FRANCOIS NASCIMBENI (Photo credit should read FRANCOIS NASCIMBENI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:FRANCOIS NASCIMBENI via Getty Images)

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Members of GIPN, (French National Police Intervention Groups) are pictured in Corcy, near Villers-Cotterets, north-east of Paris, on January 8, 2015, where the two armed suspects from the attack on French satirical weekly newspaper Charlie Hebdo were spotted in a gray Clio. French security forces deployed on January 8 in a northern town where two brothers suspected of having gunned down 12 people in an Islamist attack on satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo abandoned their car, a police source said. Cherif Kouachi, 32, a jihadist well-known to police, and his brother Said, 34, were spotted by the manager of a petrol station in the town about an hour's drive northeast of Paris, who after being robbed 'formally identified' the two men. AFP PHOTO / FRANCOIS NASCIMBENI (Photo credit should read FRANCOIS NASCIMBENI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:FRANCOIS NASCIMBENI via Getty Images)

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A Gendarmerie criminal identification van is parked in front of an Avia gas station in Villers-Cotterets, north-east of Paris, as gendarmes investigate on January 8, 2015, where the two armed suspects from the attack on French satirical weekly newspaper Charlie Hebdo were spotted in a gray Clio. French security forces deployed on January 8 in a northern town where two brothers suspected of having gunned down 12 people in an Islamist attack on satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo abandoned their car, a police source said. Cherif Kouachi, 32, a jihadist well-known to police, and his brother Said, 34, were spotted by the manager of a petrol station in the town about an hour's drive northeast of Paris, who after being robbed 'formally identified' the two men. AFP PHOTO / FRANCOIS NASCIMBENI (Photo credit should read FRANCOIS NASCIMBENI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:FRANCOIS NASCIMBENI via Getty Images)

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A Gendarmerie criminal identification van is parked in front of an Avia gas station in Villers-Cotterets, north-east of Paris, on January 8, 2015, where the two armed suspects from the attack on French satirical weekly newspaper Charlie Hebdo were spotted in a gray Clio. French security forces deployed on January 8 in a northern town where two brothers suspected of having gunned down 12 people in an Islamist attack on satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo abandoned their car, a police source said. Cherif Kouachi, 32, a jihadist well-known to police, and his brother Said, 34, were spotted by the manager of a petrol station in the town about an hour's drive northeast of Paris, who after being robbed 'formally identified' the two men. AFP PHOTO / FRANCOIS NASCIMBENI (Photo credit should read FRANCOIS NASCIMBENI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:FRANCOIS NASCIMBENI via Getty Images)

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Members of GIPN and of RAID, French police special forces, are pictured in Corcy, near Villers-Cotterets, north-east of Paris, on January 8, 2015, where the two armed suspects from the attack on French satirical weekly newspaper Charlie Hebdo were spotted in a gray Clio. French security forces deployed on January 8 in a northern town where two brothers suspected of having gunned down 12 people in an Islamist attack on satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo abandoned their car, a police source said. Cherif Kouachi, 32, a jihadist well-known to police, and his brother Said, 34, were spotted by the manager of a petrol station in the town about an hour's drive northeast of Paris, who after being robbed 'formally identified' the two men. AFP PHOTO / FRANCOIS NASCIMBENI (Photo credit should read FRANCOIS NASCIMBENI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:FRANCOIS NASCIMBENI via Getty Images)

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Members of French Gendarmerie are pictured in Corcy, near Villers-Cotterets, north-east of Paris, on January 8, 2015, where the two armed suspects from the attack on French satirical weekly newspaper Charlie Hebdo were spotted in a gray Clio. French security forces deployed on January 8 in a northern town where two brothers suspected of having gunned down 12 people in an Islamist attack on satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo abandoned their car, a police source said. Cherif Kouachi, 32, a jihadist well-known to police, and his brother Said, 34, were spotted by the manager of a petrol station in the town about an hour's drive northeast of Paris, who after being robbed 'formally identified' the two men. AFP PHOTO / FRANCOIS NASCIMBENI (Photo credit should read FRANCOIS NASCIMBENI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:FRANCOIS NASCIMBENI via Getty Images)

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A member of GIPN, French police special forces, is pictured in Corcy, near Villers-Cotterets, north-east of Paris, on January 8, 2015, where the two armed suspects from the attack on French satirical weekly newspaper Charlie Hebdo were spotted in a gray Clio. French security forces deployed on January 8 in a northern town where two brothers suspected of having gunned down 12 people in an Islamist attack on satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo abandoned their car, a police source said. Cherif Kouachi, 32, a jihadist well-known to police, and his brother Said, 34, were spotted by the manager of a petrol station in the town about an hour's drive northeast of Paris, who after being robbed 'formally identified' the two men. AFP PHOTO / FRANCOIS NASCIMBENI (Photo credit should read FRANCOIS NASCIMBENI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:FRANCOIS NASCIMBENI via Getty Images)

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French gendarmes are in faction in front of an Avia gas station in Villers-Cotterets, north-east of Paris, on January 8, 2015, where the two armed suspects from the attack on French satirical weekly newspaper Charlie Hebdo were spotted in a gray Clio. French security forces deployed on January 8 in a northern town where two brothers suspected of having gunned down 12 people in an Islamist attack on satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo abandoned their car, a police source said. Cherif Kouachi, 32, a jihadist well-known to police, and his brother Said, 34, were spotted by the manager of a petrol station in the town about an hour's drive northeast of Paris, who after being robbed 'formally identified' the two men. AFP PHOTO JOEL SAGET (Photo credit should read JOEL SAGET/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:JOEL SAGET via Getty Images)

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