Firefighters carry a victim on a stretcher at the scene after a shooting at the Paris offices of Charlie Hebdo, a satirical newspaper
Earlier today:
Twelve people were confirmed dead after a shooting at the office of a French satirical weekly in Paris, police said on Wednesday.
A police spokesman told reporters the dead included ten journalists and two police officers, adding that five people were seriously injured. [...]
The magazine was attacked with petrol bombs in 2011, a day after saying that the Prophet Muhammed would be its “editor-in-chief” for its next issue. [...]
Former Deputy CIA Director Mike Morell told CBS This Morning on Wednesday: “This is the worst terrorist attack in Europe since the attacks in London in July of 2005. We haven’t lost this many people since that attack. The motive here is absolutely clear — trying to shut down a media organization that lampooned the prophet Mohammad. So, no doubt in my mind that this is terrorism.”