The Parisian offices of Charlie Hebdo (Charlie Weekly) were attacked 11.30am on Wednesday killing 12 people in what is being described as the worst militant attack on French soil in several decades.
The newspaper has confirmed the deceased include co-founder and cartoonist Jean Cabut, editor-in-chief Stephane ‘Charb’ Charbonnier, deputy chief editor Bernard Maris, and cartoonists Bernard Verlhac, Georges Wolinski and Tignous.
