One of the Charlie Hebdo gunmen was reportedly given 20,000 dollars for terrorist operations by an al Qaeda affiliate three years back.
However, two counter-terrorism officials said that the US has found no evidence indicating the group's involvement in the Paris attacks.
According to ABC News, Al Qaeda's Yemen affiliate AQAP said overnight it's leadership "chose the target, laid the plan and financed the operation" and called the shooters, brothers Cherif and Said Kouachi, "heroes."
The report quoted officials as saying that signals intercepted did not show any communications between the brothers and known AQAP figures in recent months, hinting that the duo may have carried out the attack on their own.
