*Charlie Hebdo’*s cover on the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attack on its office.

Killing Charlie Hebdo

Ten years ago, Islamist terrorists stormed the office of the satirical French weekly, Charlie Hebdo, killing a dozen people—but the magazine lives on

By Adam Sage

A decade ago, the whole of France seemed to unite in support of Charlie Hebdo, the satirical weekly that had fallen victim to Islamist terrorism.

“Je suis Charlie” T-shirts and banners were everywhere. More than four million people joined marches in support of the magazine across the country. And François Hollande, the Socialist president of the day, promised to defend freedom of expression in the name of the caricaturists and writers among the 12 victims of the attack.