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French satirical magazine offices set on fire

by Reuters
Wednesday, 2 November 2011 07:31 GMT

PARIS, Nov 2 (Reuters) - The Paris offices of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo were set on fire in the early hours of Wednesday, the magazine's editor told Europe 1 radio.

The attack took place after the magazine published an edition it said was guest-edited by the Prophet Mohammed renamed "Charia Hebdo", in a reference to Sharia law, media reported.

"A window was broken and a Molotov cocktail was thrown inside," the magazine's editor, known only as Charb, said. "There's nothing left inside."

A police source said the fire happened around 0000 GMT, adding that no one was injured.

The magazine's website on Wednesday appeared to have been hacked and showed images of a mosque with the message "No god but allah". (Reporting by Matthias Blamont and James Regan)

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