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Soldiers patrol the crime scene in front of the former seat of the satirical newspaper "Charlie Hebdo"
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Another suspect was arrested after the attack in front of the former seat of the satirical newspaper "Charlie Hebdo" in Paris.
According to the judiciary on Saturday, it is a former roommate of the main suspect, an 18-year-old Pakistani.
An Algerian arrested near the scene of the crime was released that night.
A total of seven suspects are currently in police custody, including the suspected perpetrator.
In front of the former headquarters of the "Charlie Hebdo" editorial office, an attacker attacked two journalists from an agency with a cleaver on Friday and seriously injured them.
The 18-year-old was arrested as a suspected perpetrator near the crime scene and, according to the newspaper "Le Monde", immediately admitted the crime and pointed out a political dimension to his actions.
The Pakistani man came to France three years ago as an unaccompanied minor, said France's Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin.
In French media it is said that he was not previously suspicious.
Darmanin spoke of an Islamist act of terrorism.
The terrorist network Al-Qaeda had previously threatened an attack because of the republication of controversial Mohammed cartoons by "Charlie Hebdo".
The French anti-terror prosecutor is investigating attempted murder in connection with a terrorist act and the formation of a terrorist organization.
In the attack on the satirical newspaper in January 2015, two Islamists murdered twelve people in cold blood, including some of the most famous cartoonists in France.
The trial against possible backers is currently underway in Paris.
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