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AirAsia Plane's Tail Recovered From Java Sea

Written By Unknown on Sabtu, 10 Januari 2015 | 23.17

AirAsia Plane's Tail Recovered From Java Sea

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Search teams looking for wreckage from the crashed AirAsia flight QZ8501 have pulled the tail section from the sea - but it is not clear if the black box recorders are inside.

TV footage showed a part of the tail being lifted on to a ship, two weeks ago after the plane went down in the Java Sea, killing all 162 people on board.

The Airbus jet went missing in stormy weather on 28 December as it flew from the Indonesian city of Surabaya to Singapore.

The tail was found in the seabed 30m (100 feet) below the surface and was lifted on to a ship using giant floating balloons and a crane.

Navy spokesman Manahan Simorangkir said: "We have lifted the tail on to the ship. It's red and white and a big part of the AirAsia logo can be seen."

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    Search teams have recovered a section of the tail of crashed AirAsia flight QZ8501 from bottom of the Java Sea. Continue through for more images of the recovery...

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  • The black boxes, which could provide vital information about why the jet came down, are normally in the tail section.

    An initial search of the wreckage failed to locate them.

    Pings from the boxes were detected on Friday, but at a location away from where the tail fin was found.

    SB Supriyadi, a director with the National Search and Rescue Agency, said they most likely had been dislodged.

    "Last night, our divers had opened the door of the tail cabin, searched around but found nothing," Mr Supriyadi told AFP on Friday morning.

    "But the boat above detected faint ping sounds believed to be from the black boxes about one mile (1.6km) southeast of the tail... and covered in mud."

    He said a full examination of the fin would take place to determine if the boxes were inside or not. In the meantime, the divers would continue searching the area where the pings were heard.

    "There's a team examining the tail again to see if the black boxes are not there," he said.

    "But the chances they might find anything there are slim. We still strongly believe that the black boxes are in the sea and our divers are still searching for them."

    Meanwhile, the search is continuing for other parts of the plane's wreckage, as well as for the bodies of the passengers and crew.

    Just 48 bodies have been found so far. All of those on board died. One Briton was among them.

    The Indonesian meteorological agency has said weather was the "triggering factor" for the crash, with the most likely cause being ice damaging the engines of the Airbus A320-200.

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    1. Gallery: The Search For The Missing AirAsia Plane

      Relatives at Surabaya airport weep as they receive news that bodies have been found in the hunt for the missing AirAsia plane

    There were 162 passengers on board, including one British man, Chi Man Choi, and his two-year-old daughter

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  • Before take-off, the plane's pilot, Captain Iriyanto, had asked for permission to fly at a higher altitude to avoid a major storm.

    The request was not approved due to other planes flying above him, according to Indonesia's air traffic control.

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    • AirAsia Plane's Tail Recovered From Java Sea

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    Search teams looking for wreckage from the crashed AirAsia flight QZ8501 have pulled the tail section from the sea - but it is not clear if the black box recorders are inside.

    TV footage showed a part of the tail being lifted on to a ship, two weeks ago after the plane went down in the Java Sea, killing all 162 people on board.

    The Airbus jet went missing in stormy weather on 28 December as it flew from the Indonesian city of Surabaya to Singapore.

    The tail was found in the seabed 30m (100 feet) below the surface and was lifted on to a ship using giant floating balloons and a crane.

    Navy spokesman Manahan Simorangkir said: "We have lifted the tail on to the ship. It's red and white and a big part of the AirAsia logo can be seen."

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    1. Gallery: AirAsia Jet Tail Pulled From Sea

      Search teams have recovered a section of the tail of crashed AirAsia flight QZ8501 from bottom of the Java Sea. Continue through for more images of the recovery...

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  • The black boxes, which could provide vital information about why the jet came down, are normally in the tail section.

    An initial search of the wreckage failed to locate them.

    Pings from the boxes were detected on Friday, but at a location away from where the tail fin was found.

    SB Supriyadi, a director with the National Search and Rescue Agency, said they most likely had been dislodged.

    "Last night, our divers had opened the door of the tail cabin, searched around but found nothing," Mr Supriyadi told AFP on Friday morning.

    "But the boat above detected faint ping sounds believed to be from the black boxes about one mile (1.6km) southeast of the tail... and covered in mud."

    He said a full examination of the fin would take place to determine if the boxes were inside or not. In the meantime, the divers would continue searching the area where the pings were heard.

    "There's a team examining the tail again to see if the black boxes are not there," he said.

    "But the chances they might find anything there are slim. We still strongly believe that the black boxes are in the sea and our divers are still searching for them."

    Meanwhile, the search is continuing for other parts of the plane's wreckage, as well as for the bodies of the passengers and crew.

    Just 48 bodies have been found so far. All of those on board died. One Briton was among them.

    The Indonesian meteorological agency has said weather was the "triggering factor" for the crash, with the most likely cause being ice damaging the engines of the Airbus A320-200.

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    1. Gallery: The Search For The Missing AirAsia Plane

      Relatives at Surabaya airport weep as they receive news that bodies have been found in the hunt for the missing AirAsia plane

    There were 162 passengers on board, including one British man, Chi Man Choi, and his two-year-old daughter

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  • Before take-off, the plane's pilot, Captain Iriyanto, had asked for permission to fly at a higher altitude to avoid a major storm.

    The request was not approved due to other planes flying above him, according to Indonesia's air traffic control.

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    SpaceX Bid To Reuse Rocket Ends In Pieces

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    SpaceX's billionaire founder Elon Musk says the first stage of the unmanned Falcon rocket made it to the platform floating some 200 miles off Florida's northeastern coast.

    But he says the booster came down too hard and broke apart.

    It is the first time anyone has tried anything like this.

    According to Mr Musk: "Close but no cigar this time." But he says it bodes well for the future.

    The Falcon rocket was launched at Cape Canaveral at 9:47 GMT.

    The primary mission for SpaceX is delivering more than 2,300 kilograms (5,000 pounds) of food, experiments and other items to the orbiting space station.

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    Petraeus Could Face Criminal Charges - Report

    The FBI and Justice Department prosecutors have recommended bringing criminal charges against former CIA chief David Petraeus, according to the New York Times.

    The Justice Department investigation focuses on whether Mr Petraeus gave Paula Broadwell, a woman he admitted having an extramarital affair with, access to his CIA email account and other highly classified information.

    Previously, Mr Petraeus has said he did not provide classified information to Ms Broadwell, who was writing his biography at the time of their relationship.

    A spokesman for Mr Petraeus, who served as commander of American forces in both Iraq and Afghanistan, said the retired general had no comment on the latest claims.

    Officials have recommended felony charges, the newspaper reported.

    The recommendations leave the US Attorney General Eric Holder with a decision to make on whether to seek an indictment against Mr Petraeus, who quit his CIA post in 2012 after the extramarital affair became publicly known. 

    Mr Petraeus has indicated to the Justice Department that he has no interest in a plea deal that would enable him to avoid a trial, the newspaper said.

    US Senator John McCain, a leading Republican voice on national security issues and an ally of Mr Petraeus, in December sent a letter to Mr Holder expressing concern about the Justice Department's handling of the investigation.

    "I cannot ignore the broader concerns raised by the fact that this investigation apparently remains unresolved nearly two years later and that the only information that has come to light is through leaks by unnamed sources within the US intelligence community with knowledge of the matter," Mr McCain wrote.

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    Survivor Hid Under Sink And Helped Police

    Survivor Hid Under Sink And Helped Police

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    An employee at the printing business besieged by the Charlie Hebdo attackers was able to help police kill the terrorists after texting tactical information to them.

    The 26-year-old graphic designer, who has been named in reports as Lilian Lepere, took refuge "under a sink in the canteen" upstairs at the business in Dammartin-en-Goele, according to Paris prosecutor Francois Molins.

    Brothers Said and Cherif Kouachi were holed up there after killing 12 people at the offices of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo and going on the run.

    A source told the AFP news agency Mr Lepere was "terrified".

    But despite this, he managed to remain undetected and began communicating with police outside via text message.

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    1. Gallery: From Car Chase To Last Stand

      Two brothers suspected of killing 12 people at the Charlie Hebdo offices in Paris have been killed. They had earlier taken one person hostage as police cornered the gunmen in the area, northeast of Paris

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  • Mr Lepere sent them "tactical elements such as his location inside the premises", Mr Molins said.

    The source added that Mr Lepere could hear the suspects talking, which helped reassure him and gave him more information to send to the forces outside.

    A separate source said the man was also able to communicate with his family.

    The brothers had taken the manager of the store hostage, but released him after he helped Said with a neck wound he had sustained in a firefight with police.

    At around 5pm local time on Friday, automatic gunfire and explosions could be heard as police moved in to end the siege.

    Officials said the brothers had emerged from the building and opened fire on police before they were killed.

    An armoured car gave them access to the upper floor to free Mr Lepere, a source said.

    He was taken to police headquarters, where he was quickly reunited with his family, another source close to the case said, adding he was "shocked" but "OK".

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      Commandos stormed the kosher supermarket where a gunman had taken at least six people hostage. Pic: Vantage News

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  • Mr Lepere's father said the family was "doing fine", and thanked the police and the "people who helped".

    At the same time, the siege at a kosher supermarket in Paris was also coming to a bloody end.

    It began when Amedy Coulibaly, who is believed to be an ally of the brothers, went into the store and took out a Kalashnikov.

    A father called Ilan and his three-year-old son quickly hid in the supermarket's refrigeration unit after Coulibaly burst in, two relatives told AFP.

    Sources close to the investigation said at least three other people were with them.

    Ilan removed his jacket and wrapped his son in it to protect the toddler from the cold.

    The group remained there for almost five hours.

    Ilan's mother quickly realised her son and grandson were hidden and decided not to try and contact them.

    She instead gave her son's number to the police, who were able to use it to track the location of Ilan and other hostages inside the supermarket.

    According to Mr Molins, this knowledge may have played a part in their survival when police finally stormed the store.

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    • Survivor Hid Under Sink And Helped Police

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    An employee at the printing business besieged by the Charlie Hebdo attackers was able to help police kill the terrorists after texting tactical information to them.

    The 26-year-old graphic designer, who has been named in reports as Lilian Lepere, took refuge "under a sink in the canteen" upstairs at the business in Dammartin-en-Goele, according to Paris prosecutor Francois Molins.

    Brothers Said and Cherif Kouachi were holed up there after killing 12 people at the offices of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo and going on the run.

    A source told the AFP news agency Mr Lepere was "terrified".

    But despite this, he managed to remain undetected and began communicating with police outside via text message.

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    1. Gallery: From Car Chase To Last Stand

      Two brothers suspected of killing 12 people at the Charlie Hebdo offices in Paris have been killed. They had earlier taken one person hostage as police cornered the gunmen in the area, northeast of Paris

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  • Blasts and gunfire were later heard at the scene

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  • Special forces on the roof

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  • These snipers were seen on the roof a building in the area

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  • Mr Lepere sent them "tactical elements such as his location inside the premises", Mr Molins said.

    The source added that Mr Lepere could hear the suspects talking, which helped reassure him and gave him more information to send to the forces outside.

    A separate source said the man was also able to communicate with his family.

    The brothers had taken the manager of the store hostage, but released him after he helped Said with a neck wound he had sustained in a firefight with police.

    At around 5pm local time on Friday, automatic gunfire and explosions could be heard as police moved in to end the siege.

    Officials said the brothers had emerged from the building and opened fire on police before they were killed.

    An armoured car gave them access to the upper floor to free Mr Lepere, a source said.

    He was taken to police headquarters, where he was quickly reunited with his family, another source close to the case said, adding he was "shocked" but "OK".

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    1. Gallery: Commandos Storm Supermarket

      Commandos stormed the kosher supermarket where a gunman had taken at least six people hostage. Pic: Vantage News

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  • Mr Lepere's father said the family was "doing fine", and thanked the police and the "people who helped".

    At the same time, the siege at a kosher supermarket in Paris was also coming to a bloody end.

    It began when Amedy Coulibaly, who is believed to be an ally of the brothers, went into the store and took out a Kalashnikov.

    A father called Ilan and his three-year-old son quickly hid in the supermarket's refrigeration unit after Coulibaly burst in, two relatives told AFP.

    Sources close to the investigation said at least three other people were with them.

    Ilan removed his jacket and wrapped his son in it to protect the toddler from the cold.

    The group remained there for almost five hours.

    Ilan's mother quickly realised her son and grandson were hidden and decided not to try and contact them.

    She instead gave her son's number to the police, who were able to use it to track the location of Ilan and other hostages inside the supermarket.

    According to Mr Molins, this knowledge may have played a part in their survival when police finally stormed the store.

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    Print Firm Boss' Secret Helped End French Siege

    Print Firm Boss' Secret Helped End French Siege

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    A print firm boss taken hostage by the Charlie Hebdo killers has told Sky News how he told a colleague to hide, in an act of heroism which helped police capture the fugitives.

    Cherif and Said Kouachi turned up at the factory on their third day on the run after killing 12 people at the satirical magazine in Paris on Wednesday.

    Michel Catalano described how he told an employee to hide in the back of the building when he saw the gunmen arriving from the window.

    Unknown to the terrorist brothers, the man, named as Lilian Lepere, secretly texted information to police while hiding in under a sink before forces stormed the building on an industrial estate in Dammartin-en-Goele, north of Paris.

    Mr Catalano, who said he did not expect to live, told how he was "terrified" throughout the ordeal that the brothers would discover the hidden worker.

    He had been preparing for an ordinary day of business when the doorbell rang at around 8.30am.

    He said: "I could see from a window that there was a man with a rocket launcher and a Kalashnikov.

    "I could immediately see there was a situation of danger. I told my employee to hide. I knew two of us couldn't hide.

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    1. Gallery: Tens Of Thousands Rally Over Paris Attacks

      A huge stream of people, estimated to contains hundreds of thousands of people, takes to the sea front in Nice

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  • Those at the head of the march carried at a banner that echoed the statement repeated by those opposed to the attack on the offices of Charlie Hebdo magazine - "Je suis Charlie"

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  • Many in the crowd also held banners with the same slogan

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  • "At that point I thought that was the end. They came in, they weren't aggressive. They said 'don't worry, we just want to come in'."

    He offered the intruders a drink and made coffee for them before one of his suppliers arrived at around 9pm.

    "I told those people that my supplier really had nothing to do there so could they let him go, so they did.

    "So then we went down and went towards my supplier. I told him to leave so he immediately understood the situation so he left."

    He described how he was worried that the Kouachis would find his employee's hiding place.

    "I didn't know where Lilian was hidden. I knew he was hidden but I had no idea where. I didn't want them to go to the end of the building."

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    1. Gallery: France In Mourning After Attacks

      A French police officer carries flowers outside the Hyper Cacher kosher supermarket

    This woman was one of a number who came to lay flowers near the kosher grocery store in Porte de Vincennes

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  • Mr Catalano said he dressed a superficial wound that one of the brothers had sustained.

    He recalled: "When I thought one of them was tense I said 'I can look after you'."

    They rejected his request to leave once before eventually agreeing before the dramatic police assault on the building during which the brothers died.

    He said: "I wasn't scared. I don't know how I managed to stay calm under those circumstances - it was a situation I have never been faced with before in my life.

    "After all, right from the start, I imagined I wouldn't be alive any longer (at the end of the day).

    "I must admit that in fact they (the brothers) weren't aggressive as far as I was concerned.

    "I didn't get the impression they would harm me, as unbelievable as it sounds. Perhaps they had an ounce of humanity because they let me out."

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    • Print Firm Boss' Secret Helped End French Siege

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    A print firm boss taken hostage by the Charlie Hebdo killers has told Sky News how he told a colleague to hide, in an act of heroism which helped police capture the fugitives.

    Cherif and Said Kouachi turned up at the factory on their third day on the run after killing 12 people at the satirical magazine in Paris on Wednesday.

    Michel Catalano described how he told an employee to hide in the back of the building when he saw the gunmen arriving from the window.

    Unknown to the terrorist brothers, the man, named as Lilian Lepere, secretly texted information to police while hiding in under a sink before forces stormed the building on an industrial estate in Dammartin-en-Goele, north of Paris.

    Mr Catalano, who said he did not expect to live, told how he was "terrified" throughout the ordeal that the brothers would discover the hidden worker.

    He had been preparing for an ordinary day of business when the doorbell rang at around 8.30am.

    He said: "I could see from a window that there was a man with a rocket launcher and a Kalashnikov.

    "I could immediately see there was a situation of danger. I told my employee to hide. I knew two of us couldn't hide.

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    1. Gallery: Tens Of Thousands Rally Over Paris Attacks

      A huge stream of people, estimated to contains hundreds of thousands of people, takes to the sea front in Nice

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  • Those at the head of the march carried at a banner that echoed the statement repeated by those opposed to the attack on the offices of Charlie Hebdo magazine - "Je suis Charlie"

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  • Many in the crowd also held banners with the same slogan

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  • "At that point I thought that was the end. They came in, they weren't aggressive. They said 'don't worry, we just want to come in'."

    He offered the intruders a drink and made coffee for them before one of his suppliers arrived at around 9pm.

    "I told those people that my supplier really had nothing to do there so could they let him go, so they did.

    "So then we went down and went towards my supplier. I told him to leave so he immediately understood the situation so he left."

    He described how he was worried that the Kouachis would find his employee's hiding place.

    "I didn't know where Lilian was hidden. I knew he was hidden but I had no idea where. I didn't want them to go to the end of the building."

    1/15

    1. Gallery: France In Mourning After Attacks

      A French police officer carries flowers outside the Hyper Cacher kosher supermarket

    This woman was one of a number who came to lay flowers near the kosher grocery store in Porte de Vincennes

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  • Mr Catalano said he dressed a superficial wound that one of the brothers had sustained.

    He recalled: "When I thought one of them was tense I said 'I can look after you'."

    They rejected his request to leave once before eventually agreeing before the dramatic police assault on the building during which the brothers died.

    He said: "I wasn't scared. I don't know how I managed to stay calm under those circumstances - it was a situation I have never been faced with before in my life.

    "After all, right from the start, I imagined I wouldn't be alive any longer (at the end of the day).

    "I must admit that in fact they (the brothers) weren't aggressive as far as I was concerned.

    "I didn't get the impression they would harm me, as unbelievable as it sounds. Perhaps they had an ounce of humanity because they let me out."

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    Search For Supermarket Gunman's Girlfriend

    Search For Supermarket Gunman's Girlfriend

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    Police are hunting for the girlfriend of one of the three gunmen who brought three days of terror to France, saying she may be "armed and dangerous".

    Hayat Boumeddiene, a suspect in the murder of a Paris policewoman on Thursday, is on the run after her partner Amedy Coulibaly was killed when armed officers brought his kosher supermarket siege to a violent end.

    The 26-year-old could hold the key to the ongoing terror investigation, as police admit they could be dealing with a larger extremist cell and al Qaeda threaten more attacks.

    Details are emerging of the young woman of Algerian descent and the links between Coulibaly, 32, and the Kouachi brothers, who were killed two days after murdering 12 people at the offices of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo. 

    Boumeddiene and the wife of one of the brothers exchanged more than 500 phone calls in 2014, according to Paris prosecutor Francois Molins.

    She reportedly started wearing a niqab in May 2009 after meeting Coulibaly and was sacked from her job as a cashier.

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    1. Gallery: French Terror Suspects

      France's BFMTV showed photos it said were Hayat Boumeddiene and Amedy Coulibaly together on a trip to southern France to visit a an al Qaeda terrorist

    Boumeddiene was questioned by police after the trip - she told them the couple had gone for crossbow practice

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  • Later that year, they were married in a religious ceremony but were not wed under French law, which requires a civil ceremony.

    According to French judicial documents, the couple travelled with Cherif Kouachi and his wife in 2010 to southern France to visit radical Islamist Djamel Beghal, who was under house arrest.

    The pair posed for photos during the visit, taking selfies and a snap of Boumeddiene pointing a crossbow at the camera.

    Interviewed that year by counter-terrorism officers over Coulibaly's involvement in an attempt to free Paris Metro bomber Smain Ait Ali Belkacem from jail, she was open about her fanatical views.

    According to Le Nouvel Observateur, she refused to condemn al Qaeda attacks, preferring to criticise America's military interventions around the world and the Western media.

    A police search of Coulibaly's residence in 2010 turned up a crossbow, 240 rounds of 7.62mm ammunition, films and photos of him during a trip to Malaysia, and letters seeking false official documents.

    In a police interview that same year, Coulibaly identified Cherif Kouachi as a friend he had met in prison and said they saw each other frequently, according to a transcript of the interview obtained by the Journal du Dimanche newspaper.

    According to the newspaper, he told the police that people he met in prison used the nickname "Dolly" for him.

    He was employed as a temp worker at a Coca-Cola factory and reportedly met then-President Nicolas Sarkozy in 2009.

    "I know a lot of criminals because I met heaps of them in detention," he is quoted as telling the police.

    Michel Thooris, secretary-general of France's police union, said he did not believe the men behind the Paris attacks were "three people isolated in their little world."

    "This could very well be a little cell," he said.

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    1. Gallery: Commandos Storm Supermarket

      Commandos stormed the kosher supermarket where a gunman had taken at least six people hostage. Pic: Vantage News

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  • "There are probably more than three people," he added, given that Cherif Kouachi and Coulibaly had had contacts with other jihadist groups in the past.

    French Prime Minister Manuel Valls, speaking in a TV interview late on Friday, also indicated authorities are bracing for the possibility of new attacks.

    "We are facing a major challenge" and "very determined individuals," he said.

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    • Search For Supermarket Gunman's Girlfriend

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    Police are hunting for the girlfriend of one of the three gunmen who brought three days of terror to France, saying she may be "armed and dangerous".

    Hayat Boumeddiene, a suspect in the murder of a Paris policewoman on Thursday, is on the run after her partner Amedy Coulibaly was killed when armed officers brought his kosher supermarket siege to a violent end.

    The 26-year-old could hold the key to the ongoing terror investigation, as police admit they could be dealing with a larger extremist cell and al Qaeda threaten more attacks.

    Details are emerging of the young woman of Algerian descent and the links between Coulibaly, 32, and the Kouachi brothers, who were killed two days after murdering 12 people at the offices of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo. 

    Boumeddiene and the wife of one of the brothers exchanged more than 500 phone calls in 2014, according to Paris prosecutor Francois Molins.

    She reportedly started wearing a niqab in May 2009 after meeting Coulibaly and was sacked from her job as a cashier.

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      France's BFMTV showed photos it said were Hayat Boumeddiene and Amedy Coulibaly together on a trip to southern France to visit a an al Qaeda terrorist

    Boumeddiene was questioned by police after the trip - she told them the couple had gone for crossbow practice

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  • Later that year, they were married in a religious ceremony but were not wed under French law, which requires a civil ceremony.

    According to French judicial documents, the couple travelled with Cherif Kouachi and his wife in 2010 to southern France to visit radical Islamist Djamel Beghal, who was under house arrest.

    The pair posed for photos during the visit, taking selfies and a snap of Boumeddiene pointing a crossbow at the camera.

    Interviewed that year by counter-terrorism officers over Coulibaly's involvement in an attempt to free Paris Metro bomber Smain Ait Ali Belkacem from jail, she was open about her fanatical views.

    According to Le Nouvel Observateur, she refused to condemn al Qaeda attacks, preferring to criticise America's military interventions around the world and the Western media.

    A police search of Coulibaly's residence in 2010 turned up a crossbow, 240 rounds of 7.62mm ammunition, films and photos of him during a trip to Malaysia, and letters seeking false official documents.

    In a police interview that same year, Coulibaly identified Cherif Kouachi as a friend he had met in prison and said they saw each other frequently, according to a transcript of the interview obtained by the Journal du Dimanche newspaper.

    According to the newspaper, he told the police that people he met in prison used the nickname "Dolly" for him.

    He was employed as a temp worker at a Coca-Cola factory and reportedly met then-President Nicolas Sarkozy in 2009.

    "I know a lot of criminals because I met heaps of them in detention," he is quoted as telling the police.

    Michel Thooris, secretary-general of France's police union, said he did not believe the men behind the Paris attacks were "three people isolated in their little world."

    "This could very well be a little cell," he said.

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      Commandos stormed the kosher supermarket where a gunman had taken at least six people hostage. Pic: Vantage News

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  • "There are probably more than three people," he added, given that Cherif Kouachi and Coulibaly had had contacts with other jihadist groups in the past.

    French Prime Minister Manuel Valls, speaking in a TV interview late on Friday, also indicated authorities are bracing for the possibility of new attacks.

    "We are facing a major challenge" and "very determined individuals," he said.

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    Thousands Rally Across France After Attacks

    Thousands Rally Across France After Attacks

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    Tens of thousands of people have staged rallies across France after three days of terror that claimed 17 innocent lives.

    At least 30,000 people took part in a silent rally in southern city of Pau and more than 22,000 gathered in Orleans, southwest of Paris, according to initial police figures.

    Large crowds also turned out in the southern city of Nice and Caen, in the northwest.

    It comes ahead of a march of unity in Paris on Sunday which is expected to draw huge crowds and will be attended by leaders from across the world, including Prime Minister David Cameron.

    France's Interior Minister, Bernard Cazeneuve, has said the government will take "all measures" to ensure the march is safe.

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      Women in South Africa unveil a Tricolore in a show of solidarity with the people of France

    Graffiti reads Je suis Charlie (I am Charlie) in east London

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  • The tail end of the London graffiti with a slogan promoting free speech

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  • People hold cards that read: "We are all against barbarism, we are Charlie Hebdo" during a memorial ceremony in Rabat, the Moroccan capital

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  • Another man holds a placard and candle in Rabat

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  • The country's defence ministry has said it is sending another 500 soldiers into the greater Paris area, meaning there are now some 1,350 troops there.

    Security forces have been deployed around the capital, guarding places of worship and tourist sites.

    In a sombre speech after the sieges had been brought to an end, French President Francois Hollande said: "I call on all the French people to rise up this Sunday, together, to defend the values of democracy, freedom and pluralism to which we are attached."

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      A huge stream of people, estimated to contains hundreds of thousands of people, takes to the sea front in Nice

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  • Brothers Said and Cherif Kouachi attacked the offices of the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo on Wednesday, shooting dead 12 people in France's deadliest terror attack in decades.

    The pair then went on the run, and were eventually killed after a two-day manhunt.

    Amedy Coulibaly, a jihadist gunman who said he had worked with the brothers, was also killed by police after killing four hostages at a kosher grocery shop in an eastern suburb of Paris.

    A day earlier he shot and killed a policewoman in Montrouge, just south of Paris.

    Hayat Boumeddiene, 26, who was identified along with Coulibaly as a suspect in the killing of a police officer on Thursday, remains on the run.

    Jewish groups plan to hold a vigil after sunset on Saturday to mourn the four people killed at the supermarket.

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    • Thousands Rally Across France After Attacks

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    Tens of thousands of people have staged rallies across France after three days of terror that claimed 17 innocent lives.

    At least 30,000 people took part in a silent rally in southern city of Pau and more than 22,000 gathered in Orleans, southwest of Paris, according to initial police figures.

    Large crowds also turned out in the southern city of Nice and Caen, in the northwest.

    It comes ahead of a march of unity in Paris on Sunday which is expected to draw huge crowds and will be attended by leaders from across the world, including Prime Minister David Cameron.

    France's Interior Minister, Bernard Cazeneuve, has said the government will take "all measures" to ensure the march is safe.

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    1. Gallery: World Reacts In Solidarity To France Attacks

      Women in South Africa unveil a Tricolore in a show of solidarity with the people of France

    Graffiti reads Je suis Charlie (I am Charlie) in east London

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  • The tail end of the London graffiti with a slogan promoting free speech

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  • People hold cards that read: "We are all against barbarism, we are Charlie Hebdo" during a memorial ceremony in Rabat, the Moroccan capital

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  • Another man holds a placard and candle in Rabat

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  • The country's defence ministry has said it is sending another 500 soldiers into the greater Paris area, meaning there are now some 1,350 troops there.

    Security forces have been deployed around the capital, guarding places of worship and tourist sites.

    In a sombre speech after the sieges had been brought to an end, French President Francois Hollande said: "I call on all the French people to rise up this Sunday, together, to defend the values of democracy, freedom and pluralism to which we are attached."

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      A huge stream of people, estimated to contains hundreds of thousands of people, takes to the sea front in Nice

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  • Brothers Said and Cherif Kouachi attacked the offices of the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo on Wednesday, shooting dead 12 people in France's deadliest terror attack in decades.

    The pair then went on the run, and were eventually killed after a two-day manhunt.

    Amedy Coulibaly, a jihadist gunman who said he had worked with the brothers, was also killed by police after killing four hostages at a kosher grocery shop in an eastern suburb of Paris.

    A day earlier he shot and killed a policewoman in Montrouge, just south of Paris.

    Hayat Boumeddiene, 26, who was identified along with Coulibaly as a suspect in the killing of a police officer on Thursday, remains on the run.

    Jewish groups plan to hold a vigil after sunset on Saturday to mourn the four people killed at the supermarket.

    :: Watch Sky News Special Report: Paris Attack at 4.30pm and 8.30pm. See it on skynews.com, our mobile apps and on Sky News - channels Sky 501, Virgin Media 602, Freesat 202, Freeview 132.

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    France Supermarket Siege Victims Named

    The names of four hostages who were killed during a supermarket siege in Paris have been released.

    Yoav Hattab, Philippe Braham, Yohan Cohen and François-Michel Saada lost their lives at the hands of jihadist Amedy Coulibaly in Porte de Vincennes.

    A group representing the Jewish communities of France described their deaths as "cold-blooded and merciless".

    Reports in the French media have suggested that some of the hostages were killed before commandos raided the kosher store during the gunman's evening prayer.

    A nationwide hunt is under way for Coulibaly's girlfriend, Hayat Boumeddiene, amid warnings she may be "armed and dangerous".

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      Charlie Hebdo editor Stephane Charbonnier, 47, had received death threats in the past and was living under police protection. Known as Charb, He and his nine colleagues, along with the two policemen were killed at the Charlie Hebdo offices in Paris

    Bernard Maris, 68, was an economist and contributor to Charlie Hebdo. He also held shares in the magazine

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    Paris Attacks: Policeman's Family 'Devastated'

    The brother of the Muslim police officer killed in the attack on Charlie Hebdo magazine says he is devastated by his death.

    Malik Merabet was giving a news conference with the family of Ahmed Merbet in their home town of Livery-Gargan.

    Ahmed Merabet was shot and killed at close range as Said and Cherif Kouachi attacked the offices of the satirical magazine on Wednesday.

    Mr Merabet said: "French, of Algerian origin, Muslim of faith, I am very proud of Ahmed Merabet; that he represented the French police and defended the republic. Freedom, equality and fraternity.

    "Thanks to his determination, he became a police officer and he was going to be leaving the country soon.

    "His companions described him as being someone who loved his job."

    With his voice cracking up, he said: "He looked after his mother and his closest family. Since his father died 20 years ago.

    "He was a pillar of the family and his responsibilities, his work, still meant that he was a very protective father. A lovely brother and a very spoiled uncle and loving companion.

    "We are devastated by this barbaric act. We are devastated for all the victims."

    Addressing his comments to all people who he described as "racists", "Islamophobes and anti-semites" he said: "You mustn't mix up extremism with Muslims. The mad men have no colour nor religion.

    "Stop associating or having wars or burning mosques and burning synagogues because you are attacking people. It won't bring back the dead and it won't comfort the families."

    When asked how they felt about the outpouring of feeling on the streets of France, he said: "We are very proud of these rallies. That really helps us. We are very pleased those people are there for us.

    "I proves that there can be a union, when you take into consideration all the massacres that have taken place. We'll go on fighting for the families of the dead."

    His partner said she found out about his death when she saw it on television.

    She said: "I was in a restaurant and the television was on. I didn't recognise him. I saw a photograph - an image of a man on the ground.

    "I tried to call him. I sent him a text. I tried to phone him. And then his sister called me.

    "One can only be proud. Of his commitment, of his will to defend people. But, as far as we are concerned, we are just mourning. That's all."

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