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Twelve people were murdered by religious fanatics five years ago today in Paris.
Let us remember the victims.
https://www.france24.com/en/20200107-france-charlie-hebdo-terror-attack-kouachi-brothers-jihadist-prophet-mohammet-islam-al-qaeda
The Kouachi brothers who killed 12 people in their strike on Charlie Hebdo claimed to be avenging the magazine's publication of cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed deemed offensive by many Muslims.
"We avenged the Prophet Mohammed. We killed Charlie Hebdo!", they shouted triumphantly as they ran through the streets.
"We avenged the Prophet Mohammed. We killed Charlie Hebdo!", they shouted triumphantly as they ran through the streets.