France - Black Wednesday: at least 12 shot dead in attack on French magazine Charlie Hebdo

Reporters without borders

Masked gunmen attacked the offices of the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris early today, killing at least 12 people and seriously wounding four. Reporters Without Borders (RSF)@ is deeply shocked by this deadly attack. "Attacking a newsroom with lethal weapons is the kind of violence we see in Iraq, Somalia and Pakistan,” said Christophe Deloire, Reporters Without Borders Secretary General, speaking at the scene of the attack. “Could we have expected such horror in France? It (...)

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