Funeral
rites, even with cartoon tributes, have been held across France for five
victims of last week's jihadist attack on Charlie Hebdo. The magazine's print
run has been raised to 5 million after kiosks sold out.
Deutsche Welle, 15 Jan 2015
Two of
France's best-loved cartoonists, Bernard Verlhac and Georges Wolinski were buried
on Thursday at Paris' Pere Lachaise cemetery, the resting place of generations
of artists, after separate funerals for each.
Verlhac's
coffin was covered in drawings and messages. One depicted a "paradise
survival kit." At Wolinski's funeral, one of his last drawings hung on the
wall of the Pere Lachaise crematorium. Music of jazz great Miles Davis was
played.
The
funerals followed the release of a special edition of their magazine, whose
makeover has sparked more heated debate in the Muslim world.
Large
crowds also attended three further funerals on Thursday for those killed in the
offices of Charlie Hebdo.
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Columnist
Elsa Cayat, the only women slain during last week's terror attack by the jihadis
Cherif and Said Kouachi, was laid to rest in Paris' Montparnasse cemetery.
At
Montgiscard, near the southwestern city of Toulouse, emotions ran high for
leftist economist and radio commentator Bernard Maris. He was also killed when
two Islamist gunmen burst in during the magazine's editorial conference on
Wednesday last week.
One
thousand mourners packed a church at Bernay in northern France for the funeral
of policeman Franck Brinsolaro, who died while assigned to guard Charlie
Hebdo's late editor, Stephane Carbonnier.
Charbonnier's
funeral due on Friday
Otherwise
known to many as Charb, he is to be buried at Pontoise, west of Paris on
Friday.
French
President Francois Hollande, speaking at the Arab World Institute in Paris,
again called for unity in the face of terror, saying Muslims themselves were
the "primary victims of fanaticism."
Queues for
special edition
Charlie
Hebdo's special post-attack edition sold out in kiosks across Paris on
Thursday, the second day since its release.
In Belgium
the magazine sold out before dawn. The German news agency DPA quoted one kiosk
owner as saying he had 150 people's names on a waiting list.
People
lined up for a copy. Its cover shows the prophet Muhammad weeping, in a move
that continues to draw ire in the Muslim world.
Some
Muslims believe their faith forbids depictions of the prophet. In Pakistan,
lawmakers marched outside parliament on Thursday to protest the magazine's
latest edition.
Limits to
free expression, says pope
Visiting
the Philippines, Pope Francis said he believed there were limits to freedom of
expression.
"You
cannot provoke. You cannot insult the faith of others. You cannot make fun of
the faith of others," said the Roman Catholic pontiff.
Jewish
victims buried in Israel
Last week's
triple jihadist attacks in the Paris area on Charlie Hebdo, a police patrol,
and a Jewish kosher supermarket left dead 17 victims and three assailants who
were subsequently killed by police.
Four Jewish victims killed during the jihadist attack on a Paris supermarket were buried in
Israel on Tuesday.
The Yemen
affiliate of al Qaeda and the Islamic State (IS) militia holding swaths of
northern Syria and adjourning western Iraq, have both claimed responsibility
for the bloodbath.
ipj/sb (dpa, AFP, AP)
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