A roundup of everything we know about two deadly attacks in the French capital - as a major police operation continues.
On Wednesday, 12 people were shot dead at
the headquarters of the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in
Paris. On Thursday, a French police officer was shot and killed in the
city.
:: Ten editorial staff died in a second-floor conference room after being shot. Two victims were police officers.:: Several people were injured in the attack, four of them are in critical conditions
:: At least two masked gunmen stormed the offices of the publication. French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said that three attackers were involved in the assault
Men matching the description of the suspects were seen in the Aisne region
:: AFP reports that two men fitting the description of brothers Said and Cherif Kouachi stole petrol and food from the station near Villers-Cotteret in the northern Aisne region, east of Paris, this morning
:: Le Parisien said men, aged 34 and 32, wearing balaclavas were travelling on the N2 road in the direction of Paris in a Renault Clio which had weapons on its back seat and its number plates covered
:: Police are now in Crepy-En-Valois, a town close to where the two suspects were spotted
:: An area of woodland has been cordoned off
:: A third suspect handed himself in to police after he was named on social media as Hamyd Mourad, 18
:: The attackers were armed with Kalashnikov assault rifles and a rocket-propelled grenade during Wednesday's attack
:: There was a gunfight with police outside the building
:: A getaway car was abandoned on the Rue de Meaux in the 19th arrondissement
:: A white Renault Clio was then carjacked - it headed towards the Porte de Pantin - a route out of Paris in the north east of the city
:: Three thousand extra police officers were deployed in Paris after the attack
:: One of the two policemen killed in the attack was assigned to a staff member as part of his personal security detail, after many death threats
:: A witness told France Info media outlet that the assailants said "We will avenge the Prophet"
:: France's security alert is currently at the highest level
:: There have been reports that the gunmen were asking for people by name when they entered the building
:: One million copies of the next edition of Charlie Hebdo will be printed, a lawyer for the magazine has said
:: Meanwhile armed police are on the scene where a police officer was shot dead in Paris on Thursday
:: Police were called to the scene of a traffic accident involving a grey Clio at around 7.15am when a female officer was fired at
:: It is not being linked to Wednesday's shooting, but French prosecutors say it is being treated as a terrorist incident
:: France's defence ministry has brought in an additional 200 soldiers from parachute regiments across the country to Paris to take the number of military patrolling the city's streets to 850
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