Paris: An 18-year-old implicated alongside two brothers in the bloody attack against a satirical weekly in Paris, in which 12 people were killed, has surrendered to police, according to a source close to the case.
‘Hamyd Mourad handed himself in to police… on Wednesday at 11:00 pm (2200 GMT) after seeing his name circulating on social media,’ the source told AFP. ‘He has been arrested and taken into custody,’ another source confirmed.
Meanwhile, French police on Thursday published photos of the two brothers wanted as suspects and launched an appeal to the public for information.
Paris police issues arrest warrants for Cherif Kouachi, 32 and his 34-year-old brother Said who were ‘likely armed and dangerous’.
In a sombre televised address, President Francois Hollande declared a day of national mourning on Thursday — only the fifth in the past 50 years — after the worst attack on French soil in decades.