Second Shooting in Paris Leaves One Policewoman Dead; unknown if related to Charlie Hebdo attack

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Second Shooting in Paris Leaves One Policewoman Dead
By Lucy Draper   1/8/15 at 5:09 AM
Newsweek

Another shooting has been reported in Paris this morning although as yet, there is no official confirmation it is linked to yesterday's attack on the Charlie Hebdo magazine offices in which 12 people were killed, including two policemen.

Agence France-Presse reported that a man opened fire with an automatic weapon this morning in the south of Paris, seriously injuring a policewoman and municipal employee. AFP have since confirmed that the policewoman has died.

French television station iTELE said that two police officers could be seen lying on the ground following the attack.

The Telegraph newspaper reported that a police source had said that the shooter was wearing a bulletproof vest.

 The French interior minister Bernard Cazeneuve left an emergency meeting and travelled to the scene of the shooting and later said that the gunman responsible was still on the run.

Cazeneuve said that the police officer had stopped to look into a traffic accident when the attack occurred.

The Telegraph has reported that police in riot gear are at the scene and there are reports that they are preparing for a raid on a nearby building. Firemen and armoured cars have also arrived.

Pictures have emerged of a car, believed to have been used bo the shooter, being loaded onto the back of a truck in the town of Arceuil, near Paris.

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The Independent (UK) reports no connection in these updates:

•This morning a policewoman has died after a new shooting took place in southern Paris

•One suspect was arrested. Another fled on foot.  The attack is thought to be unrelated to the attack

•The two key suspects thought to be the Charlie Hebdo gunmen are reported to have been located in northern France on the RN2 in a grey Renault Clio with covered number plates

•Witnesses tweeted that the road has been closed to traffic and an image appeared of police outside the service station where the men were thought to have stopped to steal food and petrol.

•Overnight seven arrests were made as police searched for the gunmen who attacked the Charlie Hebdo magazine office
•Two brothers are the subject of the manhunt and are still at large

•A day of national mourning has been declared across France.

•Several targets across France are reported to have been attacked overnight in a suspected anti-Islamic backlash

•Vigils were held through the night across the world, while a minute of silence has been observed today

•A lawyer of Charlie Hebdo has told Le Monde that a million copies of next week's issue will be circulated on Wednesday. The magazine's typical circulation is around 45,000, with a print run of around 60,000

Wow, finally some "backlash"!