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12 Killed In Terrorist Attack on French Magazine ‘Charlie Hebdo’

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New Year, same old sh*t. Islamic militants hit the offices of the French satirical magazine ‘Charlie Hebdo’ in Paris, shooting everything in sight.

Four of the magazine’s more well known cartoonists, including its editor, got killed in the attack; as well as two police officers, reports the BBC.

‘Charlie Hebdo’ specialises in satire that attacks all spheres of society. Of particular note is their cartoons, which are well renowned. Islamic subjects have at times received the brunt of their satire, and that is believed to have motivated the attacks.

The gunmen were masked, and might have been two or three. They pelted the offices with machine gun fire, and then exchanged fire with police outside before fleeing in a car. They later abandoned the car and hijacked a second one.

Witnesses told the BBC they heard the perpetrators shouting ‘Allahu Akbar’, as well as another Arabic phrase believed to translate to “We have avenged the Prophet Muhammad”

Charlie Hebdo had gained notoriety for its satirical cartoons, and had been in conflict with Islam in the past. In November 2011, it got firebombed just a day after carrying out a cartoon depicting a caricature of the ‘Holy Prophet’; its editor Stephane Charbonnier, who died in the attack, had received death threats in the past and was living under police protection.

The incident has drawn worldwide condemnation, with French President Francois Hollande describing it as a ‘cowardly attack’

“We have been threatened because we are a country of liberty” He told reporters at the scene.

Police have initiated a nationwide manhunt for the terrorists.

Shooting up school buildings with little children, sentencing a journalist to death for a few ‘derogatory remarks’; I wonder what the fuss is about Mohammed so much that his image always has to be defended via such cowardly and dastardly means.



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