Charlie Hebdo reveals special edition one year on from massacre

French magazine Charlie Hebdo will mark the anniversary of an Islamist attack on its Paris offices with an edition featuring an armed man representing God on the cover. The publication on Wednesday will be accompanied by the headline “1 An Apres - L'Asssassin Court Toujors” (One Year On: The Assassin Is Still Out There). Cartoonist Laurent Sourisseau, who took over the magazine’s management following the attack, has written a robust defence of secularism which denounces what he calls “fanatics brutalised by the Koran”. The attack on 7 January 2015 carried out by two Islamic militants in revenge for cartoon depictions in the magazine of the Prophet Mohammed left 12 people dead.

No one wants to join us in this fight because it’s dangerous. You can die doing it.

Financial director, Eric Portheault

Mr Sourisseau, who was seriously wounded in last year’s attack, also takes a swipe at what he describes as those from other religions who hoped for the death of the magazine for “daring to laugh at the religious”. Brothers Said and Cherif Kouachi forced their way into the building with assault rifles, killing 11 people and injuring 11 more. Upon leaving the building they also shot dead a French police officer. The assault caused revulsion around the world and 7.5 million people bought the magazine’s post-attack issue in support of the idea that Islam should not be protected from satire.

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