FRANCE-SHOOTING/MERKEL Merkel pays respects at Berlin's French embassy after Paris shootings
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324662
FRANCE-SHOOTING/MERKEL Merkel pays respects at Berlin's French embassy after Paris shootings
- Title: FRANCE-SHOOTING/MERKEL Merkel pays respects at Berlin's French embassy after Paris shootings
- Date: 8th January 2015
- Summary: BERLIN, GERMANY (JANUARY 8, 2015) (REUTERS) PEOPLE PAYING THEIR RESPECTS OUTSIDE FRENCH EMBASSY IN BERLIN FLOWERS AND CANDLES OUTSIDE FRENCH EMBASSY
- Embargoed: 23rd January 2015 12:00
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- Location: Germany
- Country: Germany
- Topics: General
- Reuters ID: LVAL5BR4E7G18NEI48XZCOIL3K1
- Story Text: German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday (January 8) signed a condolence book at the French embassy in Berlin to offer her sympathy for the shootings in Paris which left 12 people dead.
Gunmen stormed the offices of French satirical journal Charlie Hebdo on Wednesday (January 7) killing journalists, including its founder and its current editor-in-chief, and shouting "Allahu Akbar!" (God is Greatest). A policeman was also killed point blank. They then escaped in a black car, shouting, according to one witness, that they had "avenged the Prophet".
Charlie Hebdo has published numerous cartoons ridiculing the Prophet Mohammad. Jihadists online repeatedly warned that the magazine would pay for its mockery. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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