Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula has come forward claiming responsibility for the attack on the Charlie Hebdo offices that left 12 dead. In a video originally uploaded to YouTube, Yemeni al Qaeda leader Nasser bin Ali al-Ansi heralds brothers Cherif and Said Kouachi as "two heroes of Islam."

In a new video obtained by the SITE Intelligence Group, a man purporting to be American hostage Luke Somers pleads for his life at the hands of al Qaeda's Yemen affiliate group.