MOSCOW, January 8 (Sputnik) — One of the suspects in the Wednesday attack at the Paris office of satirical magazine Charlie Hedbo is dead and two others were arrested, NBC News reported citing two unnamed US counter-terrorism officials.
“One of the suspects in the Paris attack on Charlie Hebdo magazine has been killed and the two others are in custody,” NBC News said on its website.
On Wednesday morning, three masked men opened fire in the Paris office of satirical weekly magazine Charlie Hebdo, killing 12 people and injuring 11.
According to French media, the suspects are Frenchmen of Algerian origin, aged 34, 32 and 18. The men have been named as Said Kouach, Cherif Kouach and Hamyd Mourad.
Late Wednesday night it was reported that French anti-terror squads began special operation in three different locations in the northeastern city of Reims and in the nearby town of Charleville-Mezires to arrest the suspects. According to France 3, the raid is now over in Charleville-Mezires but underway in Reims.