Why were they Killed?

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On Janurary 7th 17 people were killed by a terrorist attack in Paris, France by Muslim extremists.

Source: BBC News I found BBC News to be reliable because they are global news station and shouldn't be bias because they are not Muslin nor are they French.

Q: How many days did the terrorist attack last?

A: The attack lasted three days January 7th to the 9th

Q: What happened during each day?

A:

On Wednesday two armed gunman drove up to the Charlie Hebdo building, they forced their way up to weekly editorial meeting, they opened fired first killing the security guard; next they called out the four cartoonists by name and shot them, along with them were three other editorial staff. A police car blocked the gunmen’s route so the gunmen open fired onto the two officers, they left the car badly damaged but the police officers were unhurt. The gunmen were later then seen on a videotape in a boulevard shooting police officer Ahmed Merabet then getting out of the car to the wounded officer and killing him at close range. The getaway car was later found abandoned and another car was hijacked.

On Thursday a gunman shot two people in the southern paris suburbs. They had shot a police women and a man leaving the police women dead and the man wounded.

Later that day the two men had robbed a service station, they fired shots as they stole food.

Police had issued arrest warrants for the two men, Cherif and Said Kouachi.

On Friday after hijacking another vehicle Said was hit in the neck in a shootout with the police, a high speed chase began and the brothers took refuge in a printing firm. Hundreds of armed officers surrounded the building. Elite forces Snipers, helicopters, and military equipment sealed off every escape possible for an 8 hour standoff.

Q: Why did they target the cartoonist?

A: Charlie Hebdo is a newspaper famous for their political cartoons and they had published an issue about the muslim prophet telling the readers “100 lashes if you don’t die laughing”

Q: How did france react to all this?

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A: The reaction to this was actually quite shocking the reaction from france. They stood even more united as if to say you can’t break us. Tens of thousands gathered united holding up pens, pencils, and notebooks as signs of their freedom of speech.

It wasn’t also france but many other countries showed their support by gathering in streets with signs, candles, and pens. The protesters adopted a slogan “Je suis Charlie” (meaning I am Charlie) in support of the murdered journalists.

Q: What are you thinking about researching next?

A: I would like research more about how France reacted to the attack and how they become stronger and more united.