2015-01-08

Paris shooting update


France's security alert at its' highest level as 3 suspects are on the loose after attack

Update and video by CNN

Latest updates at 2:05 p.m. ET

• Paris' iconic Eiffel Tower went dark at 8 p.m. (2 p.m. ET) in remembrance of the victims of Wednesday's attack.

• Police hunting for the Kouachi brothers have searched their supposed residences in a number of towns, Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said.

• French authorities "will not tolerate any act, any threat aimed at a place of worship" -- presumably a mosque, since the attackers were apparently Muslim -- "or any French people because of their origin or their religion," the minister said.

• A ministerial committee has been set up to adapt security measures in the wake of the Charlie Hebdo attack, added Cazeneuve.

• The interior minister said that, in addition to the police officer killed, a municipal official was seriously wounded in Thursday's shooting in Montrouge. He said that "at this stage we cannot establish a link" between that incident and the Charlie Hebdo attack.

• U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder will travel to Paris to attend a meeting Sunday of international officials convened by Cazeneuve. "The meetings will include discussions on addressing terrorist threats, foreign fighters and countering violent extremism," a U.S. Department of Justice official said.

Link: http://www.cnn.com/2015/01/08/europe/charlie-hebdo-paris-shooting/index.html

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