--- description: The chairman of the U.K.'s Intelligence and Security Committee revealed the suspects have been in touch with people in Yemen title: Malcolm Rifkind: Paris Suspects in Recent Contact With People in Yemen image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # British MP: Paris Shooting Suspects Have Been Communicating With People in Yemen ## Video: The World Mourns The Paris Terror Attacks [Watch (HLS stream): The World Mourns The Paris Terror Attacks](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/tr7uFm9a.m3u8) (1:29)  _Published 2015-01-08. A look at how the world has united in response of the terror attacks in Paris._ by [Megan Gibson](/author/megan-gibson/) ## Megan Gibson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 9, 2015 2:26 PM CUT by [Megan Gibson](/author/megan-gibson/) ## Megan Gibson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 9, 2015 2:26 PM CUT As the search for two men suspected of killing a dozen people in Paris on Wednesday continues, Malcolm Rifkind, the chairman of the U.K.’s Intelligence and Security Committee, said on Friday that the suspects had been in recent contact with people in Yemen. Speaking to the BBC Radio 4 _Today_ program, Rifkind said, “What is emerging in Paris is that the two individual responsible for the terrible massacre at _Charlie Hebdo_ were communicating with people in the Yemen over the last days, last few weeks.” Backing Andrew Parker, the head of MI5, in calling for increased surveillance powers, Rifkind continued, saying, “The hugely important objective is to enable intelligence agencies to be able to get hold of these communications to try to prevent incidents of this kind.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3661193/british-mp-paris-shooting-suspects-have-been-communicating-with-people-in-yemen/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3661193/british-mp-paris-shooting-suspects-have-been-communicating-with-people-in-yemen/"},"headline":"British MP: Paris Shooting Suspects Have Been Communicating With People in Yemen","datePublished":"2015-01-09T14:26:54.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T03:25:56.567Z","description":"The chairman of the U.K.'s Intelligence and Security Committee revealed the suspects in the Charlie Hedbo killings have been in touch with people in Yemen","url":"https://time.com/3661193/british-mp-paris-shooting-suspects-have-been-communicating-with-people-in-yemen/","keywords":["France","Terrorism","shooting","U.K.","Yemen"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan Gibson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/megan-gibson/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3661193/british-mp-paris-shooting-suspects-have-been-communicating-with-people-in-yemen/","name":"British MP: Paris Shooting Suspects Have Been Communicating With People in Yemen"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"The World Mourns The Paris Terror Attacks","description":"A look at how the world has united in response of the terror attacks in Paris.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/tr7uFm9a/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-01-08T22:47:43.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/tr7uFm9a.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3661193/british-mp-paris-shooting-suspects-have-been-communicating-with-people-in-yemen/","duration":"PT1M29S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3661193/british-mp-paris-shooting-suspects-have-been-communicating-with-people-in-yemen/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```