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Nine Detained in Connection With Charlie Hebdo Attack: Interior Minister

© AFP 2023 / MATTHIEU ALEXANDREFrench Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve speaks to journalists, near the offices of the satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo, on January 7, 2015
French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve speaks to journalists, near the offices of the satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo, on January 7, 2015 - Sputnik International
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The two main suspects in the case are two Frenchmen of Algerian descent, brothers Said and Cherif Kouachi.

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PARIS, January 8 (Sputnik) – Nine people have been detained in the course of the investigation into the attack on the French Charlie Hebdo magazine in Paris, French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said Thursday.

"At present, nine people are detained," Cazeneuve said at a press conference.

On Wednesday, three men attacked the office of the magazine in central Paris, killing 12 people and injuring a further 11. Earlier, it was reported that seven individuals, possibly linked to the attack, had been arrested, with a nationwide manhunt underway for two more gunmen.

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The two main suspects in the case are two Frenchmen of Algerian descent, brothers Said and Cherif Kouachi. Cherif Kouachi, the younger brother, was sentenced to three years in prison in 2008 for participating in a network recruiting French Muslims to fight with al-Qaeda in Iraq.

The third suspect has surrendered himself to the police, saying he did not take part in the attack and had an alibi.

The Charlie Hebdo magazine has received threats from radical Islamists in the past over the publication of caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad. Prior to Wednesday's attack, the magazine posted a cartoon on Twitter depicting the leader of the Islamic State militant group, Abu Bakr Baghdadi.

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