Masked gunmen shouting "Allahu akbar!" stormed the Paris offices of a satirical weekly newspaper Charlie Hebdo on Wednesday, Jan 7. Reports said that the attackers escaped killing at least 12 people. It was described as France's deadliest terror attack in at least two decades. French President Francois Hollande called the attack on the Charlie Hebdo weekly as "a terrorist attack without a doubt". This is termed as deadliest attack in France in four decades.