Parisians flock to the Place de la Republic Wednesday night -- a show of French solidarity against the violence of earlier in the day.<br/> <br />The country is reeling from the worst militant assault on French soil in recent decades.<br/> <br />Gunmen killed ten journalists and two police officers in an attack on the satyrical newspaper Charlie Hebdo, known for lampooning radical Islam.<br/> <br />Many SOUNDBITE (French) CLAUDETTE SAYING:<br/> <br />"I think of the families; they had parents, friends in this sort of atrocious situation. It's hard to say much because we are horrified... horrified."<br/> <br />A Syrian Islamic State fighter praised the attack, telling Reuters the raid was revenge for insults against Islam.<br/> <br />Two senior figures from France's Muslim community condemned the shooting, saying "satan" is the attackers' real prophet, not Mohammed.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (French) HEAD OF THE PARIS GRAND MOSQUE AND PRESIDENT OF THE MUSLIM COUNCIL IN FRANCE, DALIL BOUBAKEUR, SAYING:<br/> <br />"Truly, Islam co
