French police remained on the hunt Thursday for two terrorists involved in the Charlie Hebdo massacre.
The attack at the French satirical weekly magazine in Paris left 12 dead and 11 injured Wednesday, when assailants Cherif Kouachi, 32, his brother, Said Kouachi, 34, and 18-year-old Hamyd Mourad allegedly stormed the office.
Paris Deputy Mayor Patrick Klugman told ABC News that two of the attackers went inside the Charlie Hebdo offices, listed off the names of their targets and then shot them. The third man was waiting outside. They then fled the scene via car.
Mourad turned himself in to authorities at a police station in northern France on Wednesday night, though his exact connection with the Koachi brothers is still undetermined. Police also made several arrests overnight and are holding them for questioning, Prime Minister Manuel Valls said Thursday.
Police have more recently convened near a forrest outside of Paris close to the villages of Longport, according to ABC News.
Police also gathered near a gas station that was robbed near the town of Villers-Cotterets, where two men who fit the description of the Kouachi brothers were reportedly seen by the manager, according to BBC News. The two men sought by police were allegedly armed with Kalashnikovs and rocket-propelled grenade launchers, the gas station manager said. They drove off in a Renault Clio car before police could arrive, the same vehicle apparently hijacked in Paris soon after the Charlie Hebdo shooting.
A national identity card of Said Kouachi has also been found, according to French officials.
A police officer was also shot to death and a civilian was injured in Chatillon-Montrouge on Thursday amid the manhunt, the Wall Street Journal reported. The shooter, who allegedly wore a bullet-proof vest and had both a handgun and automatic rifle, is still on the run, according to AFP. The anti-terrorist section of the Paris prosecutor’s office is handling this shooting “in view of the current context” following the Charlie Hebdo massacre, but no link has yet been made between the two.
“The investigation risks being long,” Pierre-Henry Brandet, a spokesman for the interior ministry, said on French television iTele on Thursday morning about Wednesday’s shooting. “We must prepare ourselves for a hunt that could take several days,” he added.
Nine have been arrested in connection with the Charlie Hebdo shooting, police officials said.
Thousands took to the streets in France on Wednesday to express support following the attack. French President François Hollande met with top ministers at Élysée Palace on Thursday to discuss the crisis, as Parisians held a moment of silence to remember the victims.
Charlie Hebdo’s lawyer told The Guardian that the next edition of the magazine will be published Wednesday, hoping to run 1 million copies — despite having a usual circulation of roughly 45,000.
Attorney General Eric Holder will travel to Paris on Sunday to attend an International Ministerial meeting convened by the French Minister of Interior to discuss the Wednesday shootings, a Justice Department official told BuzzFeed News.
So far, no group has claimed responsibility for the attack, though the men were heard yelling, “We have killed Charlie Hebdo. We have avenged the Prophet Mohammad,” when leaving the scene.
The Obama administration said it will be aiding the French government in any way possible.
