Following the attack at the newspaper’s office in Paris, France mourns the the victims including staff members and visitors.
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Editorial director of Charlie Hebdo and famous cartoonist Stephane Charbonnier, known simply as Charb, was one of victims of the attack at the newspaper's Paris office. He had been leading the weekly newspaper since 2012.
In 2011, after the newspaper was firebombed following the publication of a cartoon depicting the Prophet Muhammed, Charb told the Associated Press the attacks might have been carried out by "stupid people who don't know what Islam is."
He was included in al-Qaeda's most wanted list in 2013. According to French daily Le Monde, Charb had been under police protection since 2011.
After Charb received death threats in 2012, he was quoted as saying "I am not afraid of retaliations. I don't have kids. I don't have a wife, no car, no credit. It may seem pompous, but I'd rather die standing than live on my knees."
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