they fled the scene in a black citr citron. and the police believe they picked up that same car on the northern edge of paris, not very far away from the downtrodden suburbs of paris where there's a heavily islamic immigrant community that the gunmen may have wanted to take sanctuary in. one of the things that's going to make this really difficult is no one got a good look at the faces, so far as we know, of the gunmen. they were masked. they kept their masks on. in one video, you can see one of the gunmen picking up a shoe on the street near the car that he sped away in. and that shoe may have been part of his disguise, new disguise that he was going to take on after he got rid of his black outfit and mask. so it could very well be the case that these three will be able to slip unnoticed away from those people who would like to find them, meaning just about all the police in france at this point, ashleigh. >> we'll certainly get to the forensic trail they just may well have left behind and how that could be helping law enforce

the black citron was later discovered abandoned. the ministry has confirmed that three attackers were involved and it does appear likely that the publication was targeted as it has been before, because of it's satirical portrayal of political and religious leaders. >> and in part the french president has addressed the nation. >> tomorrow there will be a national day of morning i have decreed at midway there will be a moment of silence. in fact, i invite the entire population of france we will lower the flags for three days. today it's the whole of the french republic that's been attacked, the republican is about freedom of expression, it's about culture creation, plurality, democracy, that's what they try to attack, the idea of peace and justice. talks now to al jazeera who is in paris for us right now, has been following the days events. i know you have just come back from one of many vigils takes place, what was it like. >> the vigil i attended was in the center of france, not very far actually, from where the attack took place, t

that black citron seen in videos was abandoned in the aftermath.nd discovered in the back seat of the car -- said kouachi now identified as a suspected assailant. his younger brother cherif has been associated with terrorism for years and they told french intelligence that one of the brothers received training from al qaeda in yemen in 2011. both are on a u.s. no-fly list. the road to jihad began for the younger kouachi brother cherif as a teen on the streets in paris. he appeared in these videos to be just another care-free youth hanging out in the park. a young man who tried but failed to make his mark as a rap musician. but in 2005dark erer side emerged after he was arrested as a wannabe terrorist wanting to join al qaeda in iraq to fight u.s. troops. he spent several years behind bars. family members and co-workers of the victims are left to come to terms with the horrific fallout. the former editor in shock, remembering his friend and beloved cartoonist jean cabut. >> i can't accept that i'll never seen them again. i worked with cabut for a lo

a citron c3 car arrived in front of the magazine at 10 past 11:00. two individuals were in the car with hoods -- with two [ inaudible ] guns. these individuals standing at two guards -- exactly where the magazine was. the individuals went into the magazine offices and went towards the -- the main editorial room where all of the journalists were gathered. one -- they shot ten people, eight journalists, one policeman, a protection policeman, and an invited person. according to witnesses, they shouted we will avenge the name of the profit. after the shooting they ran back to the car. they took the road purpose diction to the road of the magazine. they came across a policeman and they shot each other. he was wound ed. this policeman who was patrolling -- they came back to this policeman and shot him and killed him. and then at [ inaudible ] they also shot at a third policeman at the [ inaudible ]. one of the policemen was hit. according to three witnesses -- we understand that the three -- the driver and the two attackers northeast voel k wagon to run in

fearless and made their getaway quickly, later hijacking another car leaving the bullet-ridden black citron behind. the magazine had been attacked before. fire bombed three years ago for printing cartoons of the prophet muhammad. an attack that didn't stop it. journalists here are shocked and angry. >> it is an outrage and a major attack on the freedom of the press. >> reporter: french president francois hollande says the country is in a state of shock but must unite. tonight, parisians are doing just that. police have identified three men as suspects, two brothers in their early 30s and an 18-year-old. no arrests have been confirmed and no one has yet claimed tonight for france's worst terrorist attack in decades. and brian, earlier a senior american counter terrorism official told nbc news that one of the three suspects has been killed and two had been arrested. but so far, there is no confirmation of this from french police. there is a counter terrorism operation going on at this moment in reims about 90 miles from here but the manhunt continues for the perpetrators of the worst terroris

the gunmen seemed fearless and later hijacking another car leaving the bullet-ridden black citron behind. the magazine had been attacked before. fire bombed three years ago for depicting cartoons of the prophet muhammad. an attack that didn't stop it. journalists here are shocked and angry. >> it is an outrage and a major attack on the freedom of the press. >> reporter: french president francois hollande says the country is in a state of shock but must unite. tonight, parisians are doing just that. police have identified three men as suspects, two brothers in their early 30s and an 18-year-old. and nbc news understands one man has now been killed in a police operation, and arrests made. and, brian, just to confirm that news it came from a senior u.s. counterterrorism official saying that in that shootout one had been killed and two suspects have been arrested. we think that was the operation in a city about 90 miles from here. remember the three suspects named by the police one of them has a terrorist record and was jailed ten years ago. the other reportedly came back from syria last sum

fearless and made their getaway quickly, later hijacking another car leaving the bullet-ridden black citron behind. the magazine had been attacked before. an attack that didn't stop it. journalists here are shocked and angry. >> it is an outrage and a major attack on the freedom of the press. >> reporter: french president francois hollande says the country is in a state of shock but must unite. tonight they're doing just that. police have identified three men as suspects two brothers in their early 30s and an 18-year-old. no arrests have been confirmed. and no one is yet claimed responsibility for france's worst terrorist attack in decades. and, brian, some very late word literally within the last minute and a half a senior u.s. counterterrorism official has told nbc news that one of the suspects has been killed and the remaining two are in custody. that may well be as a result of that operation in a city about 90 miles from here. remember two of the suspects were brothers. and it was suspected that at least one of them had returned from syria last summer. this remember france's worst episo

the black citron was later found abandoned.they determined that three attackers were involved, and its likely that the publication charlie hebdo has been targeted because of its satirical portrayal of political and religious leaders. >> let's speak with jackie roland now in paris where people are gathering in sympathy to express their solidarity with the victims of today's attack. jackie, what is happening there? >> reporter: it is a very big and spontaneous demonstration. several thousand people at a rallying point when the french would demonstrate. there are a great number of french flags and a great number of ban necessary. they'rebanners. this is an attack against freedom of speech, and therefore by extension it is an attack against everyone in france. other slowing slogans that we're seeing people holding up pens as a symbol, really. it's often said that the pen is mightier than the sword but today we saw a violent weapon used against journalistists. there is outrage and the idea that people are denying this, standing up,

. >> no, no, the citron, we looked at that, that's the new key lime.is it -- what is that, warshack? when you drop dye into water and it creates that warbling and it does that funny -- it's like pee splatter but then it gives warshack, then it gives kind of funk. am i going out on a limb? >> no, no. >> no, you are not going out on a limb too far. no, everything is fine. it is paint splatter, it is funk. models are models, sweaters are selling. and then this happened. my latest nominee for the greatest moment in television history. watch. >> gorgeous. >> this is what we call emerald, but it's more like a sea foam. >> i love that color. it's so happy and rich. >> it almost looks like what the earth looks like when you're a billion miles away from the planet moon. >> from the planet moon? the moon is a planet, darling. >> the sun is a star. is the moon really a planet? >> the moon is a planet. >> the sun is a star. is the sun not a star? >> i don't know what the sun is. >> the sun is a star. the moon is not a planet. i knew it! you were trying to take me

. >> not the citron. let's look at the new quilon because it's so a-mahzing. >> not rorschach?nk blot test? >> rorschach. >> do you know when you drop dye into water and it creates that washington wash ling /* /* warbling and rorschach and kind of funk? am i going out on a limb too far? >> you are not going out on a limb too far. no, no no. everything's fine. it is paint splatter. it is rorschach. it's funk. models are modelling. sweaters are selling. you can feel the momentum getting a little kooky there. that's the buildup and then this happened. my latest nominee for the best television moment in history. watch. >> gorgeous. >> look at this one. this what is we call emerald. really it's more like a sea foam. >> i love that color. happy, rich beautiful. >> little what the planet earth looks like when you're away from the planet moon. >> the planet moon. >> from the planet moon. >> the moon is a star. >> the moon is a planet darling. >> the sun is a star. is the moon really a planet? >> the moon is a planet. it's a planet. >> is the sun not a star? >> i don't know what the sun

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