Gunmen Kill 12, Wound 7 At French Magazine HQ

An anonymous reader writes: A pair of gunmen have stormed the office of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, killing 12 people and wounding seven more. The magazine had recently published a cartoon of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, and witnesses say the gunmen shouted, "we have avenged the Prophet Muhammad," before leaving. "Four of the magazine's well-known cartoonists, including its editor-in-chief Stephane Charbonnier were reported among those killed, as well as at least two police officers. Mr Charbonnier, 47, had received death threats in the past and was living under police protection." The attackers engaged police in a gunfire outside the building, then fled in a car. At the time of this writing, they are still at large. Currently, the BBC has the most information out of English news outlets. French speakers can consult the headline at Le Monde for more current news.

Comments

Re: islam

[Anonymous Coward]

Ssshhhh. Don't say that or we may be next. Every European knows appeasement is the only way.

Let's ban all guns!

[Anonymous Coward]

Please ban all guns in France. It can only contribute to chaos and violence. Once guns are banned, this can never happen again!

Re:Let's ban all guns!

[ganjadude]

Obviously a ban is not the same thing as a well enforced ban.

A ban is a ban is a ban. and nothing anyone can do will actually stop someone from doing what they want when they want to. bans are not the answer here

Re:Yay!

[DougDot]

Ever hear of The Inquisition? How about Catholic pedophile priests? And WTF does the Vatican need with its estimated $45 billion net worth?

The catholic religion is pretty fucking vile.

Re:Video

[Archangel Michael]

The censored version does not do justice to the dead police officer. In fact, it does a grave disservice because it doesn't clearly depict the police officer begging for his life, and the evil of those that killed him, thus "taming" the act, making it seem more respectable.

I understand that not everyone has the stomach to watch it. But in my opinion, those that don't have the stomach are often the ones who need to watch it the most, because those are the first people who line up with appeasement language. The people expressing appeasement "Islam is a religion of peace" at this point are simply delusional. Let me know when Islamists start turning in the radicals that live among them, en mass.