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Charlie Hebdo Paris shooting: Murdered editor said he'd 'prefer to die than live like a rat'
















 Jan 07, 2015 19:37



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Stephane Charbonnier - who was killed during today's terror attack - told a journalist in 2012 that his magazine would continue to be provocative despite violent threats






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 A French magazine editor killed during a brutal terror attack today previously told how he would "prefer to die than live like a rat".Stephane Charbonnier, editor-in-chief of Charlie Hebdo, was one of 12 people murdered today when militants attacked the magazine in Paris.Three gunmen remain on the loose following the massacre, with police launching a huge search to capture those responsible.The magazine has faced violent threats previously for its provocative cartoons of religious figures and its offices were also firebombed.FOR ALL THE LATEST ON THE SHOOTING - FOLLOW OUR LIVE BLOG.During an interview with ABC News in 2012, Mr Charbonnier said the magazine would continue to be "provocative" despite the threats."Our job is not to defend freedom of speech, but without freedom of speech we are dead....I prefer to die than live like a rat."He added: "I have not the time to be afraid."During today's horrific attack, 12 people were killed and four injured. This included ten members of staff and two policeman.









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A video posted online captured two gunmen, clad all in black and carrying Kalashnikovs, taking fire at a lone policeman in the aftermath of the massacre.The graphic video shows the victim falling to the ground and holding his hands up to surrender before apparently being executed with a point blank shot to the head.The gunmen, who appear to be professionally trained, then jog back to a black Citroen car waiting in the middle of the road before driving off.Other videos from today's horrific attack show the gunmen shouting 'Allahou Akbar' outside the office of Charlie Hebdo in Paris and bystanders fleeing the carnage. The weekly magazine has previously courted controversy with its depiction of news and current affairs.French TV channel iTELE quoted a witness as saying he saw the incident from a building nearby in the heart of the French capital."About a half an hour ago two black-hooded men entered the building with Kalashnikovs (guns)," Benoit Bringer told the station."A few minutes later we heard lots of shots," he said, adding that the men fled the building.









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 Prime Minister David Cameron joined the condemnation of the attack, saying: "The murders in Paris are sickening. We stand with the French people in the fight against terror and defending the freedom of the press."Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg said the killings were a "barbaric attack on freedom of speech"."My thoughts are with the victims, their families and their colleagues," he said. 














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