Revenge attacks and retaliation begin: Mosques come under fire with guns and 'grenades' in France… and kebab shop near another Muslim temple is blown up
- Three suspected revenge attacks took place across France in early hours
- Country on edge after yesterday's massacre by suspected Islamist fanatics
- French Muslims fear attack will lead to surge in far right party membership
- Another incident in city this morning saw a female police officer shot dead
- Man who appeared to be North African was seen running from the scene
Revenge attacks on Muslim places of worship have begun in France following yesterday's massacre at the office of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris.
Mosques, prayer halls and a kebab shop near a Muslim temple were targeted in the early hours of the morning following the terrorist attack - in which 12 people were murdered by suspected Islamist fanatics.
The retaliation comes as French citizens, and the international community, attempt to come to terms with yesterday's shocking and deadly assault on free speech.
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Blown up: A police investigator inspects the scene after an attack at a kebab restaurant near el Houda mosque in Villefrance-Sur-Saone near Lyon
In the city of Le Mans, west of Paris, three blank grenades were thrown at a mosque shortly after midnight - and a bullet was also fired through one of the windows.
In the Port-la-Nouvelle district, near Narbonne in southern France, several shots were fired in the direction of a Muslim prayer hall shortly after evening prayers.
According to French prosecutors, the hall was empty and no-one was injured.
A kebab shop, located near a mosque in the eastern French town of Villefranche-sur-Saone, was also blown up. Again, there were no casualties.
Revenge attack: The incident was one of several suspected revenge attacks to have taken place in France last night following the massacre in Paris
Suspected revenge attacks: Map shows three incidents that took place last night and in the early hours of the morning across France following yesterday's massacre
Retaliation: The kebab shop was targeted following yesterday's attack on the office of Charlie Hebdo
French police and investigators inspect the scene in Lyon this morning where a kebab shop next to a mosque was blown up
Eight journalists - including the magazine's editor - died in yesterday's attack, along with the two policemen, a maintenance worker and another visitor when the masked terrorists stormed the Charlie Hebdo offices in the 11th arrondissement of Paris.
The magazine has become a byword for offensive statements in France after taking several highly provocative swipes at Islam.
The newspaper once named Prophet Mohammed as its guest editor, published cartoons of the holy figure in the nude, and once renamed itself Sharia Hebdo with the cover slogan '100 lashes if you don't die of laughter'.
A bullet hole is pictured in the window of a prayer room at a mosque in the Sablons neighbourhood of Le Mans, western France this morning
Country on edge: Specially trained officers working with French police attend a mosque in Le Mans this morning where three blank grenades were left
Bomb scare: A police officer directs a man away from the mosque after three blank grenades were discovered - no one was injured in the incident
The two armed suspects wanted over the massacre have been surrounded by terror police in northern France, according to reports.
The men, believed to be brothers Cherif and Said Kouachi, have reportedly barricaded themselves in a house in Crépy-en-Valois, around 80km north-east of Paris.
Officers are said to have found a Molotov cocktail and jihadist flag in their car after it was abandoned in the town, according to Le Figaro.
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