PARIS – Children are being evacuated from schools in the French town where two suspects in the Charlie Hebdo shooting are believed to have holed up, the community spokesman said in a statement.
Students in three schools near an industrial zone surrounded by police were being taken to a gymnasium, where they will be handed over to their parents, the town hall of Dammartin-en-Goele.
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In another development, a cleric from the Islamic State group claimed that the radical militia was [pro_ad_display_adzone id=”10″]responsible for the deadly attack on the Paris offices of the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo.
Abu Saad al-Ansari said this in a sermon in the Islamic State-controlled Iraqi city of Mosul.[pro_ad_display_adzone id=”10″]
He said: “we started with the France operation for which we take responsibility[pro_ad_display_adzone id=”10″].
“Tomorrow will be in Britain, America and others.
“This is a message to all countries participating in the US-led coalition that has killed Islamic State members.”
Police have been on the hunt for brothers Cherif Kouachi, 32, and Said Kouachi, 34, since Wednesday.
They are the main suspects in the shooting, which saw two masked gunmen with automatic rifles storm the magazine’s offices in Paris and opened fire.
Twelve people were killed. (dpa/NAN)
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