The terrorist attack, carried out by two brothers, killed 12 people, including eight members of the Charlie Hebdo editorial team.
This Tuesday marks the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attack on the French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo. It was on January 7 that two terrorists, brothers Chérif and Said Kouachi, entered the publication's offices in central Paris and killed 12 people.
The publication was already under protection and had been the target of constant threats for having published some controversial cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad since 2006.
Among the 12 victims were eight members of the newspaper's editorial staff: designers Cabu, Charb, Honoré, Tignous and Wolinski, psychoanalyst Elsa Cayat, economist Bernard Maris and proofreader Mustapha Ourrad.
To mark the date, the newspaper published an edition with around 40 cartoons about religions. "It will be a double issue of 32 pages", of which 300,000 copies will be printed and which will be on sale for two weeks, explained the editor-in-chief, Gérard Biard, adding that it will include a survey in France on the right to caricature, blasphemy and freedom of expression.
The attack sparked a worldwide reaction and the following weekend brought millions of people to the streets, especially in Paris, where heads of state and government from dozens of countries attended.
An official tribute from Paris City Council is scheduled for this Tuesday, which will be attended by French President Emmanuel Macron.
There will also be a tribute to the four victims of an attack on a Jewish supermarket in Paris that occurred two days after the Charlie Hebdo attack.
