Scattered gunfire and explosions shook France today as police launched one of the biggest hunts for the two heavily armed brothers suspected in yesterday's killing of 12 people in a satirical magazine.
Frightened yet defiant French citizens held a day of mourning for the dead, 10 journalists and two policemen, in the terror attack on the weekly Charlie Hebdo.
Police hunted for the two heavily armed brothers suspected in the massacre to make sure they don't strike again.
Two men resembling the suspects robbed a gas station in northeast France this morning and police swarmed the site while helicopters hovered above. Officials said later the newspaper attackers were not there.
Two explosions hit near mosques early today, raising fears the deadly attack at Charlie Hebdo would ignite a backlash against France's large and diverse Muslim community.
No one was injured in the attacks, one in Le Mans southwest of Paris and another near Lyon, southeast of the capital.
But France's top security official abandoned a top-level meeting after just 10 minutes to rush to a shooting on the city's southern edge that killed a policewoman. The shooter remained at large and it was not immediately clear if her death was linked to yesterday's deadly attack.
