France 30 years in prison for attack at former headquarters of "Charlie Hebdo"
A 29-year-old man has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for an Islamist-motivated knife attack in front of the former editorial offices of the satirical magazine "Charlie Hebdo" in Paris. The court in Paris found the defendant guilty of attempted murder and terrorism for the attack that left two people injured in September 2020, as reported by the broadcaster France Info.
23.01.2025, 21:03
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A devastating Islamist attack had already been carried out on the magazine "Charlie Hebdo" in January 2015, killing twelve people, including several of France's best-known cartoonists. The magazine, which is known for its blasphemous provocations, had previously published Muhammad cartoons about the founder of Islam.
More than five years later, the now convicted radicalized man injured two people at the building with a stabbing weapon, wrongly assuming that they were employees of "Charlie Hebdo". He cited the publication of new Muhammad cartoons by the magazine as his motive. He had not noticed that the magazine had moved in the meantime.
