France: Raids kill 3 suspects, including 2 wanted in Charlie Hebdo attack

By Greg Botelho and Ray Sanchez, CNN

Updated 2:53 PM ET, Wed January 21, 2015

Gunmen face off with police officers in Paris on Wednesday, January 7. A terrorist attack at the Paris office of Charlie Hebdo, a French satirical magazine, left at least 12 people dead.
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Gunmen face off with police officers in Paris on Wednesday, January 7. A terrorist attack at the Paris office of Charlie Hebdo, a French satirical magazine, left at least 12 people dead.
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French authorities released photographs of <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2015/01/08/europe/paris-charlie-hebdo-shooting-suspects/index.html" target="_blank">main suspects</a> Said Kouachi, left, and Cherif Kouachi, warning that both could be armed and dangerous. A third suspect, Hamyd Mourad, has surrendered to police, according to the news agency Agence France-Presse.
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French authorities released photographs of main suspects Said Kouachi, left, and Cherif Kouachi, warning that both could be armed and dangerous. A third suspect, Hamyd Mourad, has surrendered to police, according to the news agency Agence France-Presse.
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Gunmen step out of a car to shoot and kill a police officer near the Charlie Hebdo office on January 7.
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Gunmen step out of a car to shoot and kill a police officer near the Charlie Hebdo office on January 7.
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Masked gunmen run toward a victim.
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An injured man is carried away from the scene of the shooting.
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Ambulances and police officers gather in front of the building.
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An injured man is taken away for medical care.
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A bullet hole is seen in a window of the magazine's building.
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Firefighters and police officers gather in front of the magazine's office. The magazine had spurred protests in the past after publishing caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed. Its office was set afire in November 2011.
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Firefighters and police officers gather in front of the magazine's office. The magazine had spurred protests in the past after publishing caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed. Its office was set afire in November 2011.
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A police car sits riddled with bullets.
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People hug each other outside the magazine's building after the attack.
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French President Francois Hollande, center, and Cazeneuve, right, arrive at the scene of the shooting.
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French President Francois Hollande, center, and Cazeneuve, right, arrive at the scene of the shooting.
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A woman cries outside the magazine's building.
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Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo and Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve arrive at the scene.
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Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo and Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve arrive at the scene.
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A police officer checks passing cars in Paris after the attack.
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Police investigate the scene of the shooting.
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Police respond at the scene of the shooting.
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French soldiers patrol around the Eiffel Tower.
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Firefighters and police officers gather in front of the magazine's building.
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Police officers inspect evidence at the scene of the shooting.
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Police officers take security measures near the scene of the shooting.
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Police officers and forensics experts examine the car used by the gunmen.
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A tow truck lifts the car used by the gunmen.
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People stand outside the magazine headquarters.
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Police carry a body from the scene of the shooting.
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Blood is seen on the floor and desks in the Charlie Hebdo newsroom on January 7.
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  • Four hostages killed, prosecutor says
  • Forces kill the 2 brothers suspected in the Charlie Hebdo attack
  • A terror suspect who took over a kosher market and killed four hostages was also killed

(CNN)A pair of dramatic raids Friday in France led to the killing of three terrorists -- one suspected in the fatal shooting of a policewoman and four hostages, the other two in the massacre at the offices of Charlie Hebdo magazine -- and to the freeing of more than a dozen people being held hostage.

The French government's work is not over. There's still a lot of healing to do, a lot of questions to answer about how to prevent future attacks, and the pursuit of a woman wanted in the policewoman's shooting.

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Still, as Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said, "The nation is relieved tonight."

Latest updates at 8 p.m. ET

•The wife of suspect Cherif Kouachi and the girlfriend of hostage taker Amedy Coulibaly-- Hayat Boumedienne -- exchanged 500 phone calls in 2014, according to Paris prosecutor Francois Molin. The wife told investigators that Cherif and Coulibaly knew each well.

• Cherif Kouachi, a suspect in the Charlie Hebdo slaughter, visited Yemen in 2011 and French authorities were aware of his contacts with terrorist organizations in Yemen and Syria, Molins said at a press conference.

    • The government of Yemen has launched an investigation into a possible al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula link to the Charlie Hebdo magazine attack, Mohammed Albasha, Yemen's spokesman in Washington, tweeted Friday.

    • Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula has claimed responsibility for orchestrating the deadly terrorist attack on the Paris offices of Charlie Hebdo, the founder of the magazine The Intercept, Jeremy Scahill, told CNN. CNN has not independently confirmed this claim.

    • Four hostages were killed and 15 survived in the standoff between an armed terrorist and police at a Paris kosher grocery store on Friday, according to Israeli government sources who characterized a phone conversation between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and French President François Hollande.

    • U.S. President Barack Obama said he wants the people of France to know that the United States "stands with you today, stands with you tomorrow" after this week's terror. He told a crowd in Tennessee that "we stand for freedom and hope and dignity of all human beings, (and) that's what Paris stands for."

    • The FBI and U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued a bulletin to law enforcement across the United States discussing the Paris terrorist attack this week and the sophistication of the tactics, a U.S. law enforcement source told CNN. The bulletin says the attacks demonstrated "a degree of sophistication and training traditionally not seen in recent small armed attacks," the official said.

    • A man claiming to be Amedy Coulibaly, the suspected hostage-taker at the Paris grocery store, told CNN affiliate BFMTV that he belonged to the Islamist militant group ISIS. CNN cannot independently confirm the authenticity of the recording.

    Charlie Hebdo attackers holed up in print shop

    The day's drama began in Dammartin-en-Goele, where brothers Cherif and Said Kouachi ended up in a print shop in an industrial area.

    A salesman, who identified himself only as Didier, told France Info radio that he shook one of the gunman's hands at about 8:30 a.m. as they arrived at the business. Didier said he first thought the man, who was dressed in black and heavily armed, was a police officer.

    As he left, the armed man said, "Go, we don't kill civilians." Didier said, "It wasn't normal. I did not know what was going on."

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    Helicopters fly over a printing shop in Dammartin-en-Goele, France, where there was a standoff Friday, January 9, between police and two men suspected in <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2015/01/07/world/gallery/paris-charlie-hebdo-shooting/index.html" target="_blank">the Charlie Hebdo shootings</a> earlier this week. Cherif and Said Kouachi, the two brothers wanted in the case, were killed by security forces, authorities said.
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    Helicopters fly over a printing shop in Dammartin-en-Goele, France, where there was a standoff Friday, January 9, between police and two men suspected in the Charlie Hebdo shootings earlier this week. Cherif and Said Kouachi, the two brothers wanted in the case, were killed by security forces, authorities said.
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    French authorities released photographs of the<a href="http://www.cnn.com/2015/01/08/europe/paris-charlie-hebdo-shooting-suspects/index.html" target="_blank"> </a>Kouachi brothers, warning that both could be armed and dangerous. A third suspect, Hamyd Mourad, surrendered to police earlier this week, according to the news agency Agence France-Presse.
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    French authorities released photographs of the Kouachi brothers, warning that both could be armed and dangerous. A third suspect, Hamyd Mourad, surrendered to police earlier this week, according to the news agency Agence France-Presse.
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    Police officers leave after storming the printing shop in Dammartin-en-Goele on January 9.
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    Smoke rises from the building in Dammartin-en-Goele, a town about 40 kilometers (25 miles) northeast of Paris.
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    Police take position on a roof during the standoff.
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    French gendarmes stand guard as a nearby school is evacuated in Dammartin-en-Goele on January 9.
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    French gendarmes stand guard as a nearby school is evacuated in Dammartin-en-Goele on January 9.
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    Children wait inside a school before being picked up by their parents. Dammartin-en-Goele residents were told to stay inside during the standoff, and schools were put on lockdown, the mayor's media office told CNN.
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    Children wait inside a school before being picked up by their parents. Dammartin-en-Goele residents were told to stay inside during the standoff, and schools were put on lockdown, the mayor's media office told CNN.
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    French authorities block access to a road leading to Dammartin-en-Goele on January 9.
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    Armed security forces fly in Dammartin-en-Goele on January 9.
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    Police vans line up in Dammartin-en-Goele on January 9.
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    Police officers communicate inside a school in Dammartin-en-Goele.
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    Police and military forces take positions in Dammartin-en-Goele.
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    A police officer stands guard in Fleury, France, on Thursday, January 8.
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    French soldiers patrol the Gare du Nord railway station in Paris on January 8.
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    Police walk down a street in Corcy, France, on January 8.
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    On January 8, police tape and vehicles block off the entrance to a gas station north of Paris where the two suspects were reportedly seen the night before.
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    On January 8, police tape and vehicles block off the entrance to a gas station north of Paris where the two suspects were reportedly seen the night before.
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    French police officers gather January 8 in Longpont, France, about 10 kilometers (6.2 miles) from where the suspects were reportedly spotted.
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    French police officers gather January 8 in Longpont, France, about 10 kilometers (6.2 miles) from where the suspects were reportedly spotted.
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    French police patrol a street in Corcy on January 8.
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    A police officer stands guard in front of Paris' Elysee Palace on January 8.
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    Police stand guard in front of an apartment building in the Croix-Rouge suburb of Reims, France, early on January 8. Forensics officers were looking for evidence related to the three suspects.
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    Police stand guard in front of an apartment building in the Croix-Rouge suburb of Reims, France, early on January 8. Forensics officers were looking for evidence related to the three suspects.
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    Sharpshooters are seen outside during the operation in Reims.
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    French national police arrive at a police station in Charleville-Mezieres, France, on Wednesday, January 7.
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    The gunmen told police that they wanted to die as martyrs, Yves Albarello, who is in France's Parliament, said on channel iTele. The area, meanwhile, was locked down -- with children stuck in schools, roads closed and shops shuttered.

    Shortly before 5 p.m., gunshots and at least three large explosions pierced the relative silence. .

    Soon after, men could be seen on the roof of the building where the brothers had holed up. Four helicopters landed nearby.

    Word came that the brothers were dead and that a man who had been hiding in the building was safe, said Bernard Corneille, the mayor of nearby Othis.

    Hostages at kosher grocery store

    At the same time, in a different setting near Paris's Porte de Vincennes about 40 kilometers (25 miles) away, a similar crisis played out at a kosher store.

    Amedy Coulibaly -- the same man who, authorities said, is suspected with Hayat Boumeddiene of killing a policewoman Thursday south of Paris -- on Friday took a number of hostages there. Boumeddiene remains at large.

    Like Cherif Kouachi, a man claiming to be Coulibaly called BFMTV on Friday. At the scene, witnesses heard Coulibaly demand freedom for the Kouachi brothers, according to police union spokesman Pascal Disand.

    A police officer closes the bullet ridden door next to a body lying in a kosher grocery store in the Paris neighborhood of Porte de Vincennes on Friday, January 9. Amedy Coulibaly -- the man who authorities believe killed a policewoman Thursday south of Paris -- was killed when police stormed the store. A search is underway for suspected accomplice, a woman identified as Hayat Boumeddiene. <br />
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    A police officer closes the bullet ridden door next to a body lying in a kosher grocery store in the Paris neighborhood of Porte de Vincennes on Friday, January 9. Amedy Coulibaly -- the man who authorities believe killed a policewoman Thursday south of Paris -- was killed when police stormed the store. A search is underway for suspected accomplice, a woman identified as Hayat Boumeddiene. <br />
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    A police officer closes the bullet ridden door next to a body lying in a kosher grocery store in the Paris neighborhood of Porte de Vincennes on Friday, January 9. Amedy Coulibaly -- the man who authorities believe killed a policewoman Thursday south of Paris -- was killed when police stormed the store. A search is underway for suspected accomplice, a woman identified as Hayat Boumeddiene.
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    Forensics investigators gather outside the grocery store. French President Francois Hollande said four people were killed.
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    French police escort hostages away from the grocery store. At least 10 hostages managed to escape, according to a Paris police union spokesman.
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    Coulibaly was one of two people wanted in connection with the deadly shooting of a police officer south of Paris on Thursday, January 8. French authorities released photographs of Coulibaly, right, and Boumeddiene after the shooting.
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    Coulibaly was one of two people wanted in connection with the deadly shooting of a police officer south of Paris on Thursday, January 8. French authorities released photographs of Coulibaly, right, and Boumeddiene after the shooting.
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    Police mobilize at the scene in Paris. One of the hostages told CNN affiliate BFMTV that the gunman started shooting "as soon as he got inside" and killed two customers.
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    A police officer is seen at the scene of the standoff. Police union spokesman Pascal Disand said the hostage-taker, Amedy Coulibaly, demanded freedom for Cherif and Said Kouachi, the suspects in Wednesday's massacre at the Charlie Hebdo magazine office in Paris, who were simultaneously involved in a standoff wiith police northeast of Paris. Disand said the brothers and Coulibaly were part of the same jihadist groups.
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    A police officer is seen at the scene of the standoff. Police union spokesman Pascal Disand said the hostage-taker, Amedy Coulibaly, demanded freedom for Cherif and Said Kouachi, the suspects in Wednesday's massacre at the Charlie Hebdo magazine office in Paris, who were simultaneously involved in a standoff wiith police northeast of Paris. Disand said the brothers and Coulibaly were part of the same jihadist groups.
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    Police forces launch an assault at the grocery store.
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    Large explosions could be heard around 5:10 p.m. (11:10 a.m ET).
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    Large explosions could be heard around 5:10 p.m. (11:10 a.m ET).
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    A police officer gives instructions to local residents in Saint-Mande, which is near Porte de Vincennes.
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    Law enforcement swarmed the area. Dozens of schools went on lockdown.

    A resolution came a few minutes after the Dammartin-en-Goele climax, in the form of explosions and gunfire. Up to 20 heavily armed police officers moved into the store. They came out with a number of civilians.

    Not everyone made it. Hollande said four people were killed. Israeli government sources told CNN that Hollande told Netanyahu that four hostages were killed and 15 were rescued. Molins said four hostages were killed by the gunman before police stormed the market.

    Father: 'It's like a war'

    In a speech Friday night, Hollande called the Porte de Vincennes deaths an "anti-Semitic" act.

    He urged his countrymen not to respond with violence against Muslims, saying, "Those who committed these acts have nothing to do with the Muslim religion."

    "Unity" he said, "is our best weapon."

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    That kind of military language is apt when you're talking about two deadly attacks and violent standoffs in a few days.

    It's something that a man, who asked to be called simply Teddy, understands. He was outside Henri Dunant elementary school in Dammartin-en-Goele on Friday, hoping to pick up his young son.

    And, eventually, the students did leave the school -- accompanied by police officers who held their hands and, in some cases, lifted them onto an awaiting bus that would take them to safety.

    "It's like a war," Teddy said. "I don't know how I will explain this to my 5-year-old son."

    Parts of France on high alert

    This "war" erupted two days ago, when a pair of heavily armed men -- hooded and dressed in black -- entered the Paris offices of Charlie Hebdo, the satirical magazine known for its provocative, often profane, take on religion, politics and most anything else.

    Satirical magazine is no stranger to controversy

    They burst into a meeting, called out individuals, and then executed them. The dead included editor and cartoonist Stephane Charbonnier and four other well-known cartoonists known by the pen names: Cabu, Wolinski, Honore and Tignous.

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    Authorities followed a lead Thursday morning from a gas station attendant near Villers-Cotterets, about 40 kilometers (25 miles) from Dammartin-en-Goele, whom Cherif Kouachi, 32, and Said Kouachi, 34, reportedly threatened as they stole food and gas. Police think the brothers may have later fled on foot into nearby woods.

    Ties to Islamist extremists

    As the suspects moved, the French government -- including more than 80,000 police deployed across the country -- also didn't stand still.

    Some of them tried to prevent more bloodshed, which might have something to do with nine people detained after the Charlie Hebdo attacks. Investigators also dug to learn about the attackers.

    Who are the suspects?

    Both men had ties to Islamist extremists.

    Said Kouachi, left, and Cherif Kouachi are suspects in the Paris attack.
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    Said, the elder of the Kouachi brothers, spent several months in Yemen in 2011, receiving weapons training and working with al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, according to U.S. officials.

    His younger brother, Cherif, has a long history of jihad and anti-Semitism, according to documents obtained by CNN. In a 400-page court record, he is described as wanting to go to Iraq through Syria "to go and combat the Americans."

    "I was ready to go and die in battle," he said in a deposition. "... I got this idea when I saw the injustices shown by television. ... I am speaking about the torture that the Americans have inflicted on the Iraqis."

    Cherif was a close associate of Coulibaly, a Western intelligence source told CNN.

    A man claiming to be Cherif told CNN affiliate BFMTV in a phone call before he was shot and killed Friday that he was sent to carry out the massacre by al Qaeda in Yemen and that the late Anwar al-Awlaki financed his trip. CNN cannot independently confirm the authenticity of the recording.

    Al-Awlaki, an American-born Muslim scholar and cleric who acted as a spokesperson for al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, was killed in 2011 by a CIA drone strike.

    Cherif and Coulibaly were involved in a 2010 attempt to free an Algerian incarcerated for a 1995 subway bombing. Coulibaly was arrested with 240 rounds of ammunition for a Kalashnikov rifle and a photo of Djamel Beghal, a French Algerian once known as al Qaeda's premier European recruiter.

    The Western intelligence source said that Coulibaly lived with Boumeddiene, his alleged accomplice in the police shooting, and that the two traveled to Malaysia together.

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    A unity rally will be held Sunday "celebrating the values behind" Charlie Hebdo, said British Prime Minister David Cameron, who will travel to Paris to attend.

    And the magazine itself -- whose former offices were firebombed in 2011, on the day it was to publish an issue poking fun at Islamic law and after it published a cartoon of the Muslim Prophet Mohammed -- will go on as well, even without its leader and most talented staffers. It's set to publish thousands of copies of its latest edition next Wednesday.

    Map: Charlie Hebdo HQ, Paris
    Map: Charlie Hebdo HQ, Paris
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    Patrick Pelloux, a columnist for the magazine, told CNN that "I don't know if I'm afraid anymore, because I've seen fear. I was scared for my friends, and they are dead."

    He and many others are defiant.

    "I know that they didn't want us to be quiet," Pelloux said of the slain Charlie Hebdo staffers."They would be assassinated twice, if we remained silent."

    CNN's Jim Sciutto, Ben Brumfield, Atika Shubert, Laura Smith-Spark, Richard Greene, Fred Pleitgen, Christiane Amanpour, Jim Bittermann and Bryony Jones contributed to this report.