Paris shooting: Youngest of the three suspected gunmen surrenders, say sources

‘Hamyd Mourad handed himself in to police’

Update: 2015-01-08 07:21 GMT
Albanian journalists light candles, in Tirana, Albania, Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2015, in solidarity with those killed in an attack at the Paris offices of the weekly newspaper Charlie Hebdo. Masked gunmen stormed the the satirical newspaper methodically

Paris: An 18-year-old implicated alongside two brothers in the bloody attack against a satirical weekly in Paris has surrendered to police, according to a source close to the case.

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"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.

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