Man hunt under way for hooded / masked gunmen who stormed the Paris office of Charlie Hebdo magazine, a weekly magazine known for attacking radical Islam. They killed at least 12 people, including two police officers in the worst militant attack on French soil in decades. One of the men seen on video shouted "Allah!" as he was shooting. The two gunmen captured on video were seen calmly leaving the scene after the shootings and they remain at large and very dangerous. The French Magazine popularly known as Charlie Weekly is renowned for their controversial satirical attacks on political and religious leaders and has published numerous cartoons lampooning the Prophet Mohammad. The last tweet on its account mocked Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of the militant Islamic State, which has taken control of large swathes of Iraq and Syria.
"This is a terrorist attack, there is no doubt about it," President Francois Hollande told reporters after rushing to the scene of the attack. France has now raised its security level to the highest notch and scheduled an emergency cabinet meeting. The gunmen fled towards the eastern Paris suburbs after holding up a car, police officials said. Watch video after cut............
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