France attacks: Funeral ceremonies in Paris and Jerusalem

President Hollande awarded the police officers the highest French honour

President Hollande awarded the police officers the highest French honour

Funeral ceremonies have been held for seven of the people shot dead in last week’s attacks in Paris.

At a ceremony in central Paris, President Francois Hollande honoured the three police officers who died. Four men killed at a kosher supermarket have been buried in Jerusalem.

Last week’s three days of terror began with an attack on the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo on 7 January.

A total of 17 people were killed by Islamist gunmen.

This week’s edition of Charlie Hebdo is to show a cartoon depicting the Prophet Muhammad – which is said to have prompted the attack by Islamist gunmen.

The cartoon shows the Prophet holding a “Je suis Charlie” sign and the words “All is forgiven”.

It has been published widely in advance by French media. Outside France, the Washington Post, Germany’s Frankfurter Allgemeine, Corriere della Sera in Italy and the UK’s Guardian are among publications to show the cartoon.

 

BBC

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