Paris shootings manhunt - live updates
January 8, 2015
All updates in local time in France (CET), one hour ahead of Universal Coordinated Time (UTC).
17.25 AFP news agency reports that police have taken two suspects into custody in connection with the shooting of a police woman in Paris who died this morning.
16.45 French Prime Minister Manuel Valls extends security level alert to the northern Picardy region where police have moved in on two suspects in Wednesday's shootings.
16.00 Pope Francis celebrates mass for the victims of the Paris attack in Saint Martha's Chapel, opposite St Peter's Basilica in the Vatican, Italy. "Let us pray in this mass, for the victims of this cruelty ... Let us also pray for the perpetrators of these cruel acts, so that the Lord might transform their hearts," he said.
15.37 The European Commission says it will submit new proposals to fight terrorism after the shooting, with foreign ministers to discuss the issue at an upcoming meeting in the Latvian capital, Riga. The Italian government has said it is preparing tighter anti-terrorism legislation in response to the Paris incident.
15.29 The AFP news agency says there have been at least three attacks on or near mosques since the Wednesday shootings.
14.44 French investigators say they found a dozen Molotov cocktails and two jihadist flags in the getaway car the attackers used in the Charlie Hebdo attack, the AFP news agency reports.
14.04 AFP news agency reports that French special forces have deployed in the zone in the Aisne region to the northeast of Paris where the suspects were last said to have been spotted.
13.00 Amid speculation that the attackers might be heading for Calais, Britain says it has increased security at some border and entry points after the attack. Officials say the move is not based on specific intelligence.
12.15 A columnist from Charlie Hebdo says the magazine will be published next week. "Stupidity will not win," says columnist Patrick Pelloux. Five of Charlie Hebdo's cartoonists were killed in the attack.
12.00 France holds a nationwide minute's silence after the Wednesday attack, observed at public buildings, schools and businesses across the country. Bells tolled at Paris' Notre Dame Cathedral and in churches across the country. The Paris metro also came to a halt.
11.38 A source close to the investigation says a gas station manager near the small town of Villers-Cotterets - 60 kilometers (38 miles) northeast of Paris - said he had recognized the two men suspected of taking part in the attack. The two men were said to be hooded and apparently in possession of a "Kalashnikov and rocket launchers."
11.33 France's main Islamic groups urge Muslims across the country to observe a minute of silence to condemn terrorism.
11.10 A policewoman who was shot by a gunman wearing a bulletproof vest in southern Paris dies of her wounds. The attacker in the morning shooting remains at large. The man was said to have opened fire on the woman at about 8.15 a.m. local time (0715 UTC) before fleeing. One source claimed two aggressors were involved, one of whom escaped into the metro. Another police source said an individual with a Beretta pistol had headed in the direction of Paris in a white Clio.
11.00 Deutsche Welle staff show their solidarity in the wake of the Charlie Hebdo shootings.
08.00 French Prime Minister Manuel Valls tells France's RTL radio station that "several people" were held overnight. He adds that the two main suspects were known to intelligence services and were "no doubt" being followed before Wednesday's attack.