The commemorations are being held lower than two many months after the coordinated assaults on November 13 in that left 130 lifeless within the Paris area, majority in neighborhoods not far from Charlie Hebdo’s former offices, casting a somber mood on the country, which continues to be under a state of emergency.
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Copies of the latest edition of French weekly newspaper Charlie Hebdo displayed at a kiosk in Nice, France, today. “To me, they are no longer there, but they are not gone”, Riss said, speaking of his colleagues killed in the attack a year ago.
In the January 7 attack on Charlie Hebdo, 11 artists, writers and editors and a police officer were killed.
The attacker, armed with a knife, was killed by police.
The assailant made an attempt to enter the police station in the 18th district at noon.
Police officers were later said to be inspecting the corpse.
French President Francois Hollande attends a ceremony during a visit to the French anti-terror security forces (Sentinelle) at the Paris police headquarters in Paris, France, January 7, 2016.
“Nobody’s saying that we should have censorship and cover it over, but on the other hand, when you think of the honest efforts of all religions and of none to say “the killing must stop”, I’m not sure it’s very helpful to mock and mock and mock”.
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Following the January 2015 attack, Charlie Hebdo released a special issue that featured a cartoon of the prophet Muhammad holding a “Je Suis Charlie” sign below the headline “Tout est pardonné” (all is forgiven). The Paris prosecutor’s office said it was investigating. “We have to spend hundreds of thousands on surveillance of our offices, which wasn’t previously in Charlie’s budget, but we had an obligation so that employees feel safe and can work safely”. 12 people, including 4 main cartoonists, were killed. Five more people died in related incidents in following days. “And now I don’t really know what it means”.
