DHAKA: Police detained 12 suspects in the Paris region over last week’s attacks in the French capital that killed 17 people.

Police conducted raids in five towns in the Paris region, reports the BBC.

Last week’s violence began with an attack by two gunmen on Charlie Hebdo magazine, which left 12 people dead.

A day later a policewoman was shot dead while responding to a traffic accident.

Four more people were killed the next day at a kosher supermarket.

Three members of the magazine’s staff were buried on Friday, including the editor Stephane Charbonnier, also known as Charb. Bagpipers played Amazing Grace at his funeral in the Pontoise district of Paris.

In the latest development, police carried out raids in the towns of Montrouge, Grigny, Chatenay-Malabry, Epinay-sur-Seine and Fleury-Merogis overnight.

BDST: 1755 HRS, JAN 16, 2014