A manhunt is under way after 12 people were shot dead at the headquarters of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris.
Three masked gunmen stormed the offices of the controversial publication, which has previously been attacked over its portrayal of the Prophet Mohammed.
They were armed with Kalashnikov rifles and are also thought to have had a rocket-propelled grenade during the attack on Wednesday morning.
The attackers are believed to have called out their victims by name before shooting them. In one video clip, one of them is heard to shout: "We have avenged the prophet."
A spokeswoman for the Paris prosecutor said the editor and a cartoonist for the satirical newspaper, who went by the pen names Charb and Cabu, were among those killed.
Radio France chief executive Mathieu Gilet announced on Twitter that a contributor, Bernard Maris, was another of the victims.
Two police officers were also among the dead, including one assigned as Charb's bodyguard after death threats were made against him.
Another 20 people have also been injured, at least four seriously. Reports said ambulances were still arriving at the scene of the shooting at 5pm local time.
Footage showed police officer officers helping distressed people away from the scene of the shooting.
After the attack, the gunmen returned to their black Citroen getaway car and shouted: "We have avenged the Prophet Mohammed, we have killed Charlie Hebdo."
The vehicle was later found abandoned, and is being examined by forensics teams.
A police official said the gunmen fled towards the eastern Paris suburbs after carjacking another vehicle.
Emmanuel Quemener, a police union representative, said officers were using video technology to try and track the gunmen.
He said: "Those men are our most wanted, so that stays a priority, they're armed and extremely dangerous - and things will certainly evolve behind the scenes."
Shocking footage has emerged of a wounded police officer being shot in the head at point-blank range as he lies on the ground, holding his hands up.
Another video taken from the top of a building near the magazine's offices, shows a firefight in the street below.
One of the gunmen can be heard screaming "Allah", as they level their weapons and a series of gunshots ring out.
A dramatic image has also been published of two men dressed in black standing either side of a vehicle, pointing their weapons at a police car.
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Benoit Bringer, a journalist with Agence Premiere Ligne who saw the attack, told the iTele network he saw several masked men armed with machine guns.
Henry Samuel, the Daily Telegraph's Paris correspondent, told Sky News: "According to people on the ground, two masked gunmen burst into the offices very heavily armed, (with) Kalashnikovs, apparently even with a rocket-propelled grenade, and opened fire, leaving several minutes later."
He added: "Then the gunmen escaped and are currently on the run, being pursued.
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Gallery: Gunmen Attack Paris Magazine Office
Armed gunmen face police officers near the offices of the French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo in Paris
An attack on the offices of the newspaper left eleven dead, including two police officers, according to sources close to the investigation
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