The suspect of the attack thought to attack the headquarters of "Charlie Hebdo"

10 rue Nicolas Appert (11th arrondissement) on January 5, 2017 -

The main suspect in the chopper attack on Friday in Paris in front of the former premises of

, believed that it was still the headquarters of the satirical newspaper, according to a source close to the investigation.

According to

, the man, who presents himself as an 18-year-old Pakistani, had scouted in front of the building and wanted to attack

journalists

.

Elements that have been confirmed to AFP.

He is suspected of having attacked late Friday morning two employees of the First Lines news agency, in front of 10, rue Nicolas Appert (XIth arrondissement), which once housed the premises of

.

Secret address

The satirical newspaper has moved its offices for five years to an address kept secret, is the subject of "reinforced security" in the context of the trial of the attacks of January 2015 in early September, according to the police headquarters.

In police custody, the man declared "to assume his act which he places in the context of the republication of the cartoons [of

] that he did not support", at the beginning of September on the occasion of the opening of the trial.

Six other people were also placed in police custody as part of this investigation opened by the national anti-terrorism prosecutor's office (Pnat), entrusted to the anti-terrorism section (SAT) of the criminal brigade and to the General Directorate of Internal Security (DGSI ).

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