The Taiwan News website reports today (November 6, 2011) that the Paris offices of Charlie Hebdo -- a satirical weekly French magazine -- were burnt down in a bomb attack on November 2, after it published an issue with a caricature of the Islamic prophet Muhammad on the cover.
The issue -- entitled "Charia" Hebdo (a word play on the Muslim Shariah law) -- was published in response to the victory of an Islamist party in Tunisian elections with the prophet Muhammad depicted as its "guest editor."
Stephane Charbonnier -- the magazine's real editor -- said a Molotov cocktail had been thrown through a window to start the fire.
"The stocks are burned, smoke is everywhere, the paste-up board is unusable, everything is melted, and there is no more electricity," Charbonnier said.
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