As darkness fell across Europe, tens of thousands took to the streets to show their solidarity with those killed by gunmen at the offices of satirical French weekly Charlie Hebdo.
The scenes were replicated across France, in London and around the world with crowds holding placards bearing the slogan #JeSuisCharlie, which means ‘I am Charlie’ in French. Others were seen carrying enlarged versions of the some of the newspaper's anti-Islamist cartoons.
Meanwhile the website of French newspaper Le Monde last night showed an interactive map of vigils being held across the world in Dublin, Edinburgh, Amsterdam, Brussels, Madrid, Rome, Berlin, Vienna, Moscow, and as far afield as Tunis, Lima, Rio de Janeiro and Madagascar.
In London, hundreds of people filled Trafalgar Square at a silent vigil for those killed when masked gunmen stormed the newspaper's headquarters. Many held pens, pencils and notebooks in the air to show their support for the journalists, cartoonists and police officers who lost their lives.
The gatherings were held as French President Francoise Hollande declared Thursday, 8th January 2014, a day of national mourning tomorrow in respect for the victims of this morning's attack.
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Members of the European Parliament, above, were among those who took to the streets of Brussels to pay tribute of yesterday's attack
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Protesters in Trafalgar Square, London, held up pens and notebooks in a show of support for the journalists who lost their lives
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'Je Suis Charlie': Protesters adopted the slogan 'I am Charlie' in a show of support for the murdered Charlie Hebdo journalists
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♔Bennie Denton♔
Anyone who kills in God's name is insane.
ReplyDeleteSheer madness!
ReplyDeleteMay the murdered ones RIP
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