The two main suspects in the killings at Charlie Hebdo magazine in Paris
are said to have robbed a service station in the north of France.
They stole food and petrol, firing shots as they struck at the
roadside stop near Villers-Cotterets in the Aisne region, French media
report.
France has observed a minute's silence for the 12 people killed at the office of the satirical magazine.
Earlier in the day, a gunman shot dead a policewoman south of Paris.
A second person was seriously injured in the attack in Montrouge, after which the gunman fled.
It is unclear if the attack is related to the pursuit of prime suspects Cherif and Said Kouachi.
According to the manager of the service station that was
robbed on the RN2 road in Aisne at about 10:30 (09:30 GMT), the
attackers fit the description of the two men, and were heavily armed
with Kalashnikovs and rocket-propelled grenade launchers.
They are said to have driven off in the direction of Paris in
a Renault Clio car, apparently the same vehicle hijacked in Paris soon
after the Charlie Hebdo attack.
According to French commercial channel BFMTV, police are monitoring all of the main entry roads into the capital.
Meanwhile, the lawyer for Charlie Hebdo, Richard Malka,
confirmed that next week's edition of the magazine would go ahead on
Wednesday and would have a print run of one million, instead of the
normal 60,000 copies.
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