Journalist Tells Friend After Paris Attack: ‘I’m Alive… The Jihadists Spared Me’

A bullet impact is seen in a window of a building next to the French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo's office, in Paris, Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2015. Masked gunmen shouting "Allahu akbar!" stormed the Paris offices of... A bullet impact is seen in a window of a building next to the French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo's office, in Paris, Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2015. Masked gunmen shouting "Allahu akbar!" stormed the Paris offices of a satirical newspaper Wednesday, killing at least 12 people, including the paper's editor, before escaping in a getaway car. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus) MORE LESS
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A journalist at the scene of Wednesday’s shooting at the Paris offices of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo reportedly sent text messages to a friend after the violence ended.

“I’m alive. There is death all around me,” she texted, according to the New York Times. “Yes, I am there. The jihadists spared me.”

At least 12 people were killed Wednesday when gunmen stormed the newspaper’s offices. Two were police officers, one of whom was assigned to guard the paper’s editor due to earlier threats, according to the Associated Press.

French President Francois Hollande called the shooting a terrorist attack.

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  1. ThIS neVER haPPEns in the US SINce we ALL have GUNS unLESS when It dOES THen there SHOUld’ve beEN morE GUNs.

  2. Forgot your oNE!!1!1!11!1!11!!!1!ELEVENTYTEEN11!1!!!

  3. Well of course they did. Gotta leave someone alive to tell the story of the vicious muslim supermen who will be bringing Ablaahahahaha’s wrath upon all infidels soon, blah blah blah and hurf durf.

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