FRANCE: SHOOTING/CHARLIE SALE Parisians rush to buy first Charlie Hebdo edition after deadly attack
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FRANCE: SHOOTING/CHARLIE SALE Parisians rush to buy first Charlie Hebdo edition after deadly attack
- Title: FRANCE: SHOOTING/CHARLIE SALE Parisians rush to buy first Charlie Hebdo edition after deadly attack
- Date: 14th January 2015
- Summary: PARIS, FRANCE (JANUARY 14, 2015) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF CUSTOMERS QUEUING AT NEWS STAND IN EIGHTEENTH ARRONDISSEMENT CUSTOMERS APPLAUDING AND SHOUTING WHEN NEWSAGENT APPEARS NEWS STAND OWNER NELLY OPENING NEWS STAND CURTAIN (SOUNDBITE) (French) NEWSAGENT NELLY, SAYING: "I have the impression it's a demonstration. I think I have never seen as many people in front of my news stand." CUSTOMERS QUEUING NEWSAGENT NELLY ENTERING NEWS STAND CUSTOMERS QUEUING WITH MONTMARTRE SACRE COEUR BASILICA BELLS TOLLING (SOUNDBITE) (French) CUSTOMER VALERIA DE LUCA, SAYING: "According to me, it's a historical issue of the magazine, and it may relaunch the news magazine which has been slaughtered." NEWSAGENTS PUTTING STACKS OF NEWSPAPERS ON NEWS STAND COUNTER CUSTOMER BUYING CHARLIE HEBDO MORE CUSTOMER BUYING ISSUE OF CHARLIE HEBDO/JOURNALIST ASKING CUSTOMER HER FEELING OF OBTAINING AN ISSUE OF WEEKLY MAGAZINE (SOUNDBITE) (French) UNIDENTIFIED CUSTOMER SAYING: "It's really good, hopefully." CUSTOMER VALERIA DE LUCA BRANDISHING NEWSPAPER (SOUNDBITE) (French) UNIDENTIFIED CUSTOMER SAYING: "I got it !" (SOUNDBITE) (English) GERMAN CUSTOMER BERND RICKOF, SAYING: "I would like to show my solidarity and my support to the whole thing." CUSTOMERS QUEUING TO CUSTOMERS GETTING AN ISSUE (SOUNDBITE) (English) CUSTOMER ALEXANDRE GILBERT, SAYING: "As Art Spiegelman said, Charlie Hebdo is the French South park. It's nothing aggressive, it's nothing annoying, even for my Muslim friends. They love Charlie Hebdo for most of them. It's just the only magazine who makes you laugh when everything is tragic." CUSTOMERS QUEUING CUSTOMER READING FRENCH WEEKLY SATIRICAL NEWSPAPER "LE CANARD ENCHAINE" (SOUNDBITE) (French) CUSTOMER XAVIER BODARD, SAYING: "It's no question of controversy. It's a tribute to those who do this job and make it the means of expression and of freedom of thought." CUSTOMERS HOLDING THEIR ISSUE OF CHARLIE HEBDO
- Embargoed: 29th January 2015 12:00
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- Location: France
- Country: France
- Topics: General
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The first edition of Charlie Hebdo published after the deadly attacks by Islamist gunmen sold out within minutes at newspaper kiosks around France on Wednesday (January 14).
The front page of Charlie Hebdo's January 14 edition shows a cartoon of a tearful Mohammad with a sign "Je suis Charlie" (I am Charlie) below the headline: "Tout est pardonn" (All is forgiven).
"I have the impression it's a demonstration. I think I have never seen as many people in front of my news stand," said Newsagent Nelly as she opened her news stand near the Montmartre Basilica as several dozens of customers were queuing for a chance to get their copy.
A print run of up to three million copies had been set for what has been called "the survivors' edition", dwarfing the usual 60,000 run.
But still, many outlets were selling out fast.
While queuing in the cold and rain, customers said it meant a lot to get this week's issue to express their support to the team who survived the attack.
"According to me, it's a historical issue of the magazine, and it may relaunch the news magazine which has been slaughtered," said Valeria de Luca, a customer.
"It's really good, hopefully," said another customer who had waited for more than an hour to make sure she would get one.
In the touristic area of Paris, some tourists were wondering why people were queuing for a newspaper while some foreigners aware of the release said they meant to express their support by getting an issue in a language they might not understand.
"I would like to show my solidarity and my support to the whole thing," said Bernd Rickof, a German tourist.
Frenchman Alexandre Gilbert argued there was nothing aggressive in Charlie Hebdo and named American cartoonist Art Spiegelman who said earlier this week that Charlie Hebdo was of the same spirit as the American televised cartoon series "South Park".
"As Art Spiegelman said, Charlie hebdo is the French South park. It's nothing aggressive, it's nothing annoying, even for my muslim friends. They love Charlie Hebdo for most of them. It's just the only magazine who makes you laugh when everything is tragic," he said.
France's biggest satire weekly "Le canard Enchaine" said on Tuesday (January 13) it had received death threats the day after the attack at Charlie Hebdo, telling the journalists team it was "their turn".
A customer queuing to buy Charlie and reading "Le Canard Enchaine" said he wanted to pay tribute to those journalists who contribute to freedom of thought.
"It's no question of controversy. It's a tribute to those who do this job and make it the means of expression and of freedom of thought," Xavier Bodard said.
Seventeen people died in Paris in three days of violence that began with the attack by two Islamist gunmen on the offices of Charlie Hebdo on Jan. 7 - in which 12 people were killed - and ended with a siege at a kosher supermarket two days later.
At least 3.7 million marched through Paris and French cities on Sunday to honour the memory of the journalists, police officers and supermarket customers who had died. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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