On Wednesday, January 7, 2015, two hooded and heavily armed men burst into the headquarters of the satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo.
12 people including 4 famous designers (Wolinski, Charb, Cabu and Tignous) and 2 policemen fell under the gales of Kalashnikov.

Thursday, January 8 is then declared "day of national mourning", the first since September 11, 2001.
The French flags are at half-mast following the attack at Charlie Hebdo.

Since then, solidarity has been increasing. The number 1178 of Charlie Hebdo comes out surrounded by a general solidarity, in France as at the international.
The most noteworthy initiatives ofJeSuisCharlie :
- Radio France, France Television and Le Monde are joining forces and putting all their human and technical resources at the disposal of Charlie Hebdo ... so that the satirical weekly will release on Wednesday, January 14, 2015 to the unpublished edition of 5 million copies . A number exclusively designed by the survivors of Charlie Hebdo.
- 100,000 people protest in France as of January 7, 2015.
- 1 minute of silence was followed in all schools, public places and French administrative services. But also in transport and in many private companies.
- 72 French and international press pay tribute to the victims of Charlie Hebdo's attack.
- More than 3,400,000 tweets mention the hashtag #JeSuisCharlie. This makes it the most popular hashtag in the history of Twitter.
- Google unlocks 250,000 euros to support Charlie Hebdo's editorial staff.
- Bank BPI has already announced that it has subscribed 50 subscriptions to Charlie Hebdo for its regional offices and headquarters.
- Caisse des Dépôts has also subscribed its directorates and all of its regional representations to Charlie Hebdo.
- Le Petit Quotidien has posted a free PDF version of its January 8, 2015 issue, with the central theme: how to explain to our children the attacks on Charlie Hebdo.

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