. >> let's go live to max hoffman. he has been at the scene of that other hostage taking since earlier today. how did this all play out? you were there with each came to an end -- when the siege came to an end. >> we came here about midday today. what you see now looks of course like a normal traffic seen in northern france and rural lands. but this was all full of lease cars. nobody was allowed to get through here except for journalists and, of course, police officers. everybody just waiting for something to happen because the industrial zone where the hostage takers were is about one point five or 1.8 kilometers in this direction. we could not really see it, but at one point, we heard explosions and a little smoke rising up, and that is when we knew that something happened. that is also when helicopters started flying above our heads and that is of course when we got the confirmation that the suspects of the terrorist attack for charlie hebdo were dead. >> the suspects apparently came out with their guns blazing. it

max hoffman for us in. paris. thank you very much.eek after the massacre in paris, al qaeda in the arabian peninsula in yemen claimed responsibility for the attack. in an online video, a man saying he represented al qaeda said the paris assault was ordered by the terror group's chief commander. we are joined by our middle east expert. thanks for coming in. what you make of this video, and his claim that al qaeda is behind the massacre? >> we need to be very skeptical here. sounds like some people are trying to jump on the bandwagon and profit from the situation. of course, europe has been shocked by these terrorist assaults. it seems that these people on the edge of the southern arabian and slap in -- henan celeb -- peninsula are trying to profit from the attack. immediately after the attacks al qaeda and islamic state issued statement saying, we were not in charge, but we liked it we wish other people to do the same thing. when i watch this clip, you see on the left top corner the flag of the islamic state, which is an arch enemy of

. >> dw's max hoffman went there and has this msn report. >> the midday prayer is not usually a placeor cameras, but he wants to demonstrate that his community has nothing to hide. many belgians are worried about what has been happening and demand that the imam takes a stand against jihad is him -- jihadism. >> we are supposed to help out like a fire department. that's the feeling we have been getting. even the fire department has consulted in advance so they can make preparations. we were not asked for help beforehand. we are just called when the crisis is already happening without being asked our opinion. belgian politics has suffered a rude awakening. it will be a formidable task -- youth unemployment is over 50% him leaving many socially excluded. many of the younger inhabitants feel threatened by the media. i want to talk to them, but most declined. you just want to stigmatize us, many say under their breath. they don't want to be connected to terrorism, neither by the media, nor the state. >> everywhere you look there is the police. they terrorize us. we walked down the street a

. >> let's go to paris and max hoffman, who has been standing by. can you bring us up to date first of all on the manhunt? >> there seems to be some new development. there is a small village about 80 kilometers northeast of paris , and apparently, the two suspects have parked one of their getaway cars next to the forest and what police are thinking is that they are on foot now and went inside the forest. of course, journalists are kept at bay at the moment, but police are very strong in numbers at the moment trying to lock down that forest. we might be just a short way away from a breakthrough, although, of course, these things tend to be very fluid as you already said. >> there was another shooting today -- a french policewoman shot and killed. is there any next to the attacks at charlie hebdo? >> what happens in these situations is that everything gets magnified. if you have a terrorist attack like the one that happened just behind me on wednesday, then every little detail that happened from then on is magnified. people looking for connections. of