Biodun Iginla, BBC News

Biodun Iginla, BBC News

Wednesday, January 7, 2015

Paris attack: Update on status of suspects

by Natalie de Vallieres and Biodun Iginla, BBC Newsbeat Online

After a long day of rapidly changing information, U.S. counterterrorism officials said Wednesday night that they cannot be certain of the status of the three suspects in the Paris attack on Charlie Hebdo magazine. Information from French sources has been contradictory, they said. 

Earlier Wednesday, two senior U.S. counterterrorism officials told BBC News that one of the suspects in the attack had been killed and that two others were in custody. However, the officials later said the information that was the basis of that account could not be confirmed.
Authorities earlier identified the three men as Said Kouachi, 34, and Cherif Kouachi, 32, French nationals who are brothers, and Hamyd Mourad, 18. Late Wednesday, French police released photos of the brothers and asked for public help in finding them, and French authorities said the youngest of the three suspects had surrendered to police.

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