Updated 23:00 GMT
At least 12 people have been killed in Paris, after two armed gunmen attacked the offices of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo.The magazine's editor-in-chief Stephane Charbonnier and three other cartoonists are reportedly amongst the dead, with at least two police officers also reportedly killed. A further four people are seriously injured.
The attack, carried out by at least two masked gunmen has drawn international condemnation.
France's President Francois Hollande told reporters at the scene, "an act of exceptional barbarism has just been committed here in Paris against a newspaper, meaning (against) the expression of liberty."
US President Barack Obama said,
"Time and again, the French people have stood up for the universal values that generations of our people have defended... I have directed my administration to provide any assistance needed to help bring these terrorists to justice."White House spokesman Josh Earnest told CNN, "It's not just an attack on the people of France, it's an attack on some of the basic values we hold dear in this country - freedom of speech, freedom of expression and a free press."
British Prime Minister David Cameron told MPs in Parliament,
"We stand squarely for free speech and democracy. These people will never be able to take us off those values."French police have identified three suspects for the massacre. Brothers Said Kouachi and Cherif Kouachi, believed to be French nationals of Algerian descent in their early 30s and an 18 year old accomplice whose nationality remains unclear, reports the Independent.
"This House and this country stands united with the French people in our opposition to all forms of terrorism."