French President Francois Hollande led a minute of silence held across the country. He joined police officers at the Prefecture of Police in Paris for the ceremony.<br /><br /> Meanwhile large crowds gathered in the rain outside the Notre Dame cathedral in the capital.<br /><br /> #Paris, now. In front of Notre-Dame. #silence #charliehebdo pic.twitter.com/6EP3Vci23H— Frédéric Says (@FredericSays) January 8, 2015<br /> <br /><br /> France declared a day of mourning for those killed police officers shot dead on Wednesday morning (January 7) by black-hooded gunmen using Kalashnikov assault rifles. French tricolour flags flew at half mast throughout the country.<br /><br /> Police extended a manhunt on Thursday for two brothers suspected of carrying out the attacks at the offices of the Charlie Hebdo publication in Paris in a presumed Islamist militant strike. <br /><br /> French President Manuel Valls sang the country’s national anthem outside his official Paris residence, Matignon Palace, as a mark of respect.<br /><br /> Members of France’s Nationa
