Paris police officer killed, It is not clear if a shooting that killed a Paris police officer today is connected to Wednesday's deadly terror attack on a satirical newspaper.
Police say a gunman opened fire on a police officer on the southern edge of Paris, also striking and wounding a street sweeper nearby.
Officials say the officer had stopped to investigate a traffic accident when the firing started.
Two of the 12 people killed in yesterday's terror attack were police officers.
Meanwhile, bells rang out, Paris public transportation stood still and children sat silent as France mourned 12 people killed in an attack on a newspaper office that has rattled the nation.
French President Francois Hollande ordered flags at half-staff and a moment of silence today to honor the victims of the attack on Charlie Hebdo, which had caricatured the Prophet Muhammad. Witnesses said the attackers claimed allegiance to al-Qaida.
Onlookers wept while listening to bells peal at Paris' Notre Dame Cathedral. The rector of the Paris Mosque called on Muslims to observe the moment of silence and honor victims of this "exceptional violence."
Hollande called on the French to unite against terrorism and intolerance.
