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Jihadis attack satirical weekly – Charlie Hebdo’s Paris office, killing 12

January 8, 2015International AffairsOmkar Sawant

Heavily armed gunmen shouting ‘Allahu Akbar’ attacked Paris office of satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo which had been in news frequently for satirizing jihadis and the Prophet Muhammad.

Charlie Hebdo

Three masked men carrying automatic weapons and a rocket launcher stroke the office and killed 12 people, including four of the France’s most popular cartoonists, the weekly’s editor as well as two policemen.

What is Chalie Hebdo?

  • Charlie Hebdo means Charlie Weekly in French
  • A French satirical weekly magazine
  • Features cartoons, reports, polemics, and jokes
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