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French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo slams the lack of condemnation from religious leaders after the attack on American-British writer Salman Rushdie. IMAGES
The leader of France's far-right National Front party, Marine Le Pen has announced she wants to offer the country a referendum on the death penalty, which has been abolished in 1981.
Former President Nicolas Sarkozy has condemned on the attack, saying that France has been attacked, and that they need to defend it without weakness.
Hollande will visit the scene of a shooting at satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo and then hold an emergency government meeting.
'Kick Out the French' and 'Boycott French products' are written on signs held by protesters, as protests erupt in Pakistan following the decision of the French satirical magazine, Charlie Hebdo, the target of a jihadist attack in 2015, to reprint a front cover depicting Allah. Wednesday's issue featured a dozen cartoons mocking the prophet of Islam, including images that sparked huge protests when first published, to mark the start of the trial this week of alleged accomplices to the 2015 massacre. IMAGES