Yve Cresson, who works for a media production company in a building near the offices of satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo, has been tweeting since the shooting about what he saw and heard.
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According to Cresson’s Twitter bio, he works for Bayoo, a media company whose offices are near Charlie Hebdo’s on the Rue Nicolas Appert.
The first tweets described hearing gunfire:
Echanges de coups de feu rue Nicolas Appert 75011 autour du siège de Charlie Hebdo
— yve cresson (@yvecresson) January 7, 2015 “Exchange of gunfire in Rue Nicolas Appert 75011 around the Charlie Hebdo headquarters”
des blesses chez Charlie, on craint pire
— yve cresson (@yvecresson) January 7, 2015 “Injuries at Charlie, we fear the worst”
Cresson tweeted photos of ambulances taking away the wounded:
et maintenant cortège des ambulances #CharlieHebdo pic.twitter.com/j2w0MkBGAf
— yve cresson (@yvecresson) January 7, 2015 Cresson tweeted that the gunmen originally came to the wrong offices, apparently taking advantage of the mail carrier’s arrival to gain entry:
a 11:25 profitant du passage de la factrice 2 H cagoules et armes sont entres dans nos locaux Il cherchait Charlie
— yve cresson (@yvecresson) January 7, 2015 “At 11:25 a.m., taking advantage of the mail carrier’s arrival, two armed men wearing balaclavas entered our offices. They were looking for Charlie”
Ils ont tiré à deux reprises les balles ont traversé la porte et la fenêtre pic.twitter.com/Jhgi4MBlnp
— yve cresson (@yvecresson) January 7, 2015 “They shot twice. The bullets went through the door and the window”
2 H armes sont entres dans nos bureaux. Il cherchait #Charliehebdo ils sont repartis après avoir tire 2x
— yve cresson (@yvecresson) January 7, 2015 Cresson later clarified that those shots were fired in his office: “Two armed men entered our offices. They were looking for Charlie Hebdo and left after shooting twice.”
Cresson found it puzzling that the men didn’t have the right address:
Question:les assassins avaient un calme de pros,mais n'avaient pas repéré les locaux de #CharlieHebdo Ils se sont d'abord trompé d'escalier
— yve cresson (@yvecresson) January 7, 2015 “Question: the assassins were as calm as professionals, but hadn’t located the offices of Charlie Hebdo. They took the wrong staircase at first”
Le repérage de #CharlieHebdo était très imprécis. Il se sont d'abord trompés de locaux et d'adresse
— yve cresson (@yvecresson) January 7, 2015 “The scouting of Charlie Hebdo was very imprecise. They at first got the wrong premises and address.”
Cresson also tweeted a photo of cartridge found in his office:
Nous venons de retrouver une douille dans nos bureaux #CharlieHebdo pic.twitter.com/csCYU5S663
— yve cresson (@yvecresson) January 7, 2015 And he described what they were wearing: balaclavas and bulletproof vests:
les assassins étaient cagoulés et portaient des gilets pare-balles #CharlieHebdo
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