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12 DEAD IN PARIS MASSACRE: Islamic gunmen execute French police officer as he pleads for his life after terror attack on satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo at centre of Mohammed cartoon storm.
Masked gunmen storm Paris headquarters with AK-47s shouting 'Allahu akbar!' and 'the Prophet has been avenged'
Stalked building asking for people's names before killing the editor and cartoonist during weekly editorial meeting
Cartoonist Corrine Rey told how she cowered with her young daughter as she watched two colleagues gunned down
Ms Rey, who goes by the name Coco, said men 'spoke French perfectly' and 'claimed they were Al Qaeda terrorists'
Killers fled in stolen car across eastern Paris after a 'mass shoot-out' with police officers and remain on the loose
Publication's offices were previously firebombed in 2011 for publishing satirical cartoon of Prophet Mohammed
The gunmen are seen near the offices of the French newspaper Charlie Hebdo before fleeing in a car. They remain on the loose.
The gunmen are seen brandishing Kalashnikovs as they move in on an injured police officer from their vehicle outside the office.
Gunned down in cold blood: Horrific footage shows the injured police officer slumped on the pavement as two of the gunmen approach. In a desperate plea for his life.
The officer slowly raises his hand towards one of the attackers, who callously shoots him at point-blank range.
Police officers and firefighters gather in front of the offices of Charlie Hebdo in Paris today after gunmen stormed the building.
An injured person is evacuated.
Firefighters carry the injured man to an ambulance.
Several people were left critically wounded when terrorists carried out a ‘military-style’ attack on the newspaper office.
A picture posted on Twitter appearing to show people taking refuge on the roof of the Charlie Hebdo office.
A picture posted on Twitter reportedly showing bullets in one of the windows of the Charlie Hebdo offices.
French soldiers patrol at the Eiffel Tower after the Charlie Hebdo shooting as the militants are hunted across the city.
France reinforced security at houses of worship, stores, media offices and transport after masked gunmen stormed the Charlie Hebdo offices.
Officers were involved in a gunfight with the men, who escaped in a hijacked car and sped away from the 15th arrondissement office, towards east Paris.
Stephane Charbonnier, known by his pen name Charb, was editor of Charlie Hebdo, and gunned down by men with assault weapons.
Mr. Charbonnier was named as one of nine men the extreme Islamist group were targetting (pictured center right). Their photographs were printed alongside the caption 'a bullet a day keeps the infidel away'.
Cartoonist Georges Wolinski was named by officials as one of those shot dead at the offices of Charlie Hebdo.
Lead cartoonist Jean 'Cabu' Cabut (left) was among the 12 massacred by terrorists in Paris today, along with Bernard 'Tignous' Verlhac (right).
A visibly shocked French President François Hollande arrives at the scene, where he promised to bring those responsible to justice.