About 700,000 people are said to have taken part in marches across France following three days of deadly attacks in the Paris area.

They were held in cities including Paris, Orleans, Nice, Pau, Toulouse and Nantes, to commemorate the victims of this week's violence.

Seventeen people were killed in attacks on a satirical magazine, police officers and a kosher supermarket.

Police are hunting for accomplices of the three gunmen, killed by police.

Hundreds of thousands took to the streets on Saturday. The placards read "I am against racism", "I am against fascism" and "unity"

The interior minister says France will stay on high alert in the coming weeks.

During the marches, held largely in silence, some protesters held banners that read "I am against racism", "unity", or "I am Charlie" - the latter a reference to Charlie Hebdo, the satirical magazine whose Paris offices were attacked by brothers Cherif and Said Kouachi on Wednesday.

Twelve people - including eight journalists and two police officers - were killed and 11 injured in that attack. Another gunman, Amedy Coulibaly, took several hostages at a kosher supermarket in eastern Paris on Friday. Four hostages were later found dead.

(Source: BBC)