PARIS, January 7 -- At least 12 people, including four cartoonists and two policemen, killed by three gunmen at Charlie Hebdo magazine. Three heavily armed men have attacked a French satirical magazine based in Paris, killing at least 12 people, including four cartoonists and two policemen, officials have said. The lawyer of the magazine confirmed that four cartoonists working with the publication, including the editor Stephane Charbonnier, known as 'Charb', were among the dead. Police said 11 people were wounded in the incident, adding that four were in a critical condition. The cartoonists known as Cabu, Tignous and Wolinski were also killed in the attack, AFP news agency quoted a judicial source as saying. Charlie Hebdo has drawn repeated threats for its caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed, among other controversial sketches. French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said the assault was carried out by three attackers. According to witnesses, one was a driver and the other two were attackers in terms of their role in the incident, police said. In amateur camera footage shared on the internet, the attackers are heard shouting: "We have avenged the Prophet Mohammad." The gunmen fled eastwards towards the suburbs, dumping their car in a residential area, police said. They then hijacked two other cars, wounded their drivers and ran over a pedestrian. Reports from Paris, said journalists and cartoonists reported several masked men dressed in black entering the building who then began to fire with automatic weapons. "Some journalists took refuge on the roof," "Charlie Hebdo has pushed boundaries in the past, and continues to challenge the idea of censorship." President Francois Hollande, speaking outside the office of the magazine, described the attack as having been carried out by barbaric people. "This is an attack on free speech." he told reporters. "No one can harm the spirit of this country which is this newspaper".
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