Rush to buy new Charlie Hebdo issue

14 January 2015 Last updated at 12:02

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The BBC's Hugh Schofield reports from a kiosk in Paris as people queue to buy the latest issue

Long queues have formed at newsstands in France for the latest edition of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo.

Five million copies are being printed - a week after Islamist gunmen murdered 12 people at its offices and five others in subsequent attacks in Paris.

The cover shows a cartoon depicting the Prophet Muhammad weeping while holding a sign saying "I am Charlie".

Al-Qaeda in Yemen claimed the attack on the magazine in a video purportedly from the group.

It is believed earlier cartoons of the Prophet provoked the attack on the magazine.

"I am Charlie" emerged as a message of support for the magazine following the attack on 7 January, which left eight journalists, including its editor, dead in addition to four others.

In a separate attack in Paris two days later, four Jewish men were killed when an Islamist gunmen took hostages at a kosher shop.

A policewoman was shot dead in a third shooting believed to have been carried out by the same attacker.

Three million copies of the latest edition of Charlie Hebdo were originally printed for distribution.

Copies in France quickly sold out on Wednesday morning. Editors then decided to increase the print run to five million. Normally, only 60,000 are printed each week.

Demand for what is being called the "survivors' issue" of the magazine is high, in part because the proceeds will go to the victims' families, correspondents say.

There are no further caricatures of the Prophet inside the magazine itself but there are several of Islamist extremists.

New threats

Charlie Hebdo's decision to publish another cartoon of the Prophet has already generated threats from militant Islamist websites and criticism from the Islamic world, the BBC's Chris Morris in Paris reports.

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Charlie Hebdo editor-in-chief Gerard Biard comforted Renald "Luz" Luzier, who drew the latest cover, at a news conference

The self-styled Islamic State (IS) militant group said on its radio station that the publication of the cartoon was "an extremely stupid act".

Meanwhile, a new video said to be from al-Qaeda in Yemen (AQAP) was aired on Wednesday saying it was behind last week's attack on the magazine.

The group "chose the target, laid the plan and financed the operation", which was conducted in "vengeance for the Prophet", the video message said.

It added that it was a "success" that the Charlie Hebdo attack had "coincided" with the attacks by supermarket gunman Amedy Coulibaly.

Coulibaly had pledged allegiance to IS in a video message while the Charlie Hebdo attackers, Said and Cherif Kouachi, had said they were acting on behalf of AQAP.

Coulibaly had also said they had co-ordinated the attacks, but experts say it is highly unlikely IS and AQAP, rivals in the Middle East, would plan an attack together.

Why people are buying the magazine

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Why is it important for Parisians to buy this issue of Charlie Hebdo?

Catherine Boniface, Paris: "This issue is symbolic, it represents their persistence, they didn't yield in the face of terror."

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The issue will be available in six languages - including English, Arabic and Turkish - some in print and some online.

Outside France, the Washington Post, Germany's Frankfurter Allgemeine, Corriere della Sera in Italy and the UK's Guardian are among publications to show the cartoon. The BBC has published the image in a previous story and in a statement said: "We have made the editorial judgment that the images are central to reporting the story."

Turkish newspaper Cumhuriyet has published a section of the magazine, including a small image of the cover. It had originally planned to publish the full edition but scaled down its plans due to security concerns.

Very few outlets in the Middle East and North Africa have shown the image.

Comedian arrested

Referring to last week's shocking events, French Prime Minister Manuel Valls said his country was at war with extremism and terrorism - but not with Muslims.

He was speaking on Tuesday after funeral ceremonies were held for seven of the victims in France and Israel.

France has deployed 10,000 troops at various sites across the country - including synagogues, mosques and airports - in response to the attacks.

Meanwhile, controversial French comedian Dieudonne M'bala M'bala was arrested on Wednesday for "defending terrorism".

Police opened an investigation into the comic on Monday after he wrote on Facebook "I feel like Charlie Coulibaly" - merging Charlie Hebdo with the name of supermarket gunman Amedy Coulibaly.

Suspect on the run

The three days of violence in Paris began after brothers Said and Cherif Kouachi attacked the magazine's office. They shouted "We have avenged the Prophet Muhammad" after the shootings.

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New mobile phone footage shows the Kouachi brothers opening fire on police

The brothers were later killed by French security services after a stand-off in a town north of Paris.

Separately, Coulibaly - whom investigators have linked to the brothers - killed the four men at the kosher supermarket on Friday, apparently before police stormed the building.

Coulibaly is also believed to have shot dead the policewoman the day before.

His partner Hayat Boumeddiene is now thought to be in Syria. She has been identified as a suspect by French police although she left France before the attacks.

How the attacks unfolded (all times GMT)

• Wednesday 7 January 10:30 - Two masked gunmen enter Charlie Hebdo offices, killing 11 people, including the magazine's editor. Shortly after the attack, the gunmen kill a police officer nearby.
• 11:00 - Police lose track of the men after they abandon their getaway car and hijack another vehicle. They are later identified as brothers Said and Cherif Kouachi.
• Thursday 8 January 08:45 - A lone gunman shoots dead a policewoman and injures a man in the south of Paris. Gunman later identified as Amedy Coulibaly.
• 10:30 - The Kouachi brothers rob a service station near Villers-Cotterets, in the Aisne region, but disappear again.
• Friday 9 January 08:30 - Police exchange gunfire with the Kouachi brothers during a car chase on the National 2 highway northeast of Paris.
• 10:00 - Police surround the brothers at an industrial building in at Dammartin-en-Goele, 35km (22 miles) from Paris.
• 12:15 - Coulibaly reappears and takes several people hostage at a kosher supermarket in eastern Paris. Heavily armed police arrive and surround the store.
• 16:00 - Kouachi brothers come out of the warehouse, firing at police. They are both shot dead.
• 16:15 - Police storm the kosher supermarket in Paris, killing Coulibaly and rescuing 15 hostages. The bodies of four hostages are recovered.

Three days of terror

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