11:40 GMT – Controversial cartoons – Charlie Hebdo's cartoonist Renaud Luzier earlier told AFP there were "casualties" after the incident.
The satirical magazine gained notoriety in February 2006 when it reprinted cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed that had originally appeared in Danish daily Jyllands-Posten, causing fury across the Muslim world.
Its offices were fire-bombed in November 2011 when it published a cartoon of Mohammed and under the title "Charia Hebdo".
11:37 GMT – 'Kalashnikov' – A source close to the investigation says two men "armed with a Kalashnikov and a rocket-launcher" stormed the building in central Paris and "fire was exchanged with security forces."
The source said gunmen had hijacked a car and knocked over a pedestrian as he sped away.
11:35 GMT – ELEVEN DEAD INCLUDING TWO POLICE : SOURCE
11:31 GMT – Hollande en route – French President Francois Hollande is on his way to the scene and has called an emergency cabinet meeting.
11:28 GMT – WELCOME TO AFP'S LIVE REPORT on the shootings in Paris where ten people are dead after armed gunmen stormed the offices of French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo, according to prosecutors.
