It sounds like the Religion of Peace has struck France.
Early reports say that masked men entered the offices with Kalashnikovs and opened fire. Police were alerted and unfortunately two of the killed were police. The newspaper was satirical in nature, and had been firebombed for publishing cartoons “offensive” to Muslims for depicting and ridiculing Muhammad.
The last tweet from the account of the newspaper was one mocking the leader of ISIS, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi:
Meilleurs vœux, au fait. pic.twitter.com/a2JOhqJZJM
— Charlie Hebdo (@Charlie_Hebdo_) January 7, 2015
Four of the most well know cartoonist of France were killed in the attack at #CharlieHebdo : Cabu, Charb, Tignous and Wolinski
— daphnerousseau (@daphnerousseau) January 7, 2015
Mika Brzezinski on Morning Joe reported that the assailants yelled, “the prophet has been avenged!” before murdering the innocents.
More details as they become available.