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Suspicious fire guts offices of French satirical magazine
2011-11-02
PARIS — The offices of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, which published a special Arab Spring edition today with the prophet Mohammed as guest "editor", were gutted in a petrol bomb attack overnight, police said. Charlie Hebdo published a special edition Wednesday to mark the Arab Spring, renaming the magazine Charia (Sharia) Hebdo for the occasion.

The cover showed a cartoon of the prophet stating: "100 lashes if you don't die of laughter!"

The depiction of the prophet is strictly prohibited in Islam.

A witness at the scene, Patrick Pelloux, told AFP a molotov cocktail was hurled through the window and set fire to the computer system.

"Everything was destroyed," he said.
They'll be lucky if no one gets killed.
Posted by:Anguper Hupomosing9418

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