'Death to Hebdo publications' chanted dozens of people in Peshawar in Pakistan, and kissed posters of the two terrorists who were shot dead by the French police in Paris last week following the Charlie Hebdo massacre. The 'rally' was organised by a local preacher, who led a few dozen people in prayers for the two dead terrorist brothers -- Said and Cherif Kouachi -- who gunned down 12 at the Charlie Hebdo magazine office in Paris on January 7.
Cherif Kouachi, 32, and his brother Said, 34, accused of carrying out the massacre at the Charlie Hebdo office in Paris, managed to slip under the radar despite them being on counterterrorism agencies' radar for years before Wednesday's attack.
Cherif Kouachi and Said Kouachi, the two brothers suspected of having attacked the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo killing 12, were spotted in northern France on Thursday.
The suspected female accomplice of Amedy Coulibaly, the man behind the shooting at a Jewish supermarket in Paris, is believed to have left France last week to travel to Syria via Turkey, said sources.
A major operation has been launched to nab the gunmen who killed 12 people at the Paris office of the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo.
Mosques in two French towns were attacked a day after the firing at French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo that left 12 dead. However, there have been no casualties.
An intense manhunt for the two brothers wanted in the Charlie Hebdo magazine massacre focused Thursday on northern France's Picardy region, where sources close to the investigation said a police helicopter might have spotted the suspects.
The French police have released photos of the two brothers wanted in connection with the attack of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris on Wednesday that left 12 people dead including the editor, three celebrated cartoonists and two police officers.
The dual hostage crises in France has come to an end with the gunmen reported killed and all hostages rescued safely.
After the Charlie Hebdo shootings earle this year, France has been continuously hit by terrorists.
Here's a collection of some of the best photos from around the world shot in the last 24 hours.
The city is under lock down men in balaclavas fired towards officers.
French police are on the hunt for the 26-year-old burqa-wearing, crossbow-shooting wife of kosher-grocery-store shooter and cop killer Amedy Coulibaly.
"We are ready to die as martyrs," the Charlie Hebdo killers have reportedly said after they seized a hostage and are now holed up on an industrial estate near a Paris airport, at Dammartin-en-Goele, north-east of the capital, where they are surrounded by dozens of armed police.
Even as France mourns the bloodiest terrorist attack for 20 years, let's take a look at some major standoffs witnessed in the past:
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