Firebombing at German paper that ran Charlie Hebdo cartoons

[oberliner]

Source: AFP

A German tabloid that reprinted cartoons from the French satirical paper Charlie Hebdo lampooning the Prophet Mohammed was targeted in firebombing Sunday, police said.

With security services on high alert after a killing spree in Paris by Islamic extremists, police in the northern German port city of Hamburg said no one was injured in the blaze at the headquarters of the regional daily Hamburger Morgenpost, which caused only slight damage.

"Rocks and then a burning object were thrown through the window," a police spokesman told AFP.

"Two rooms on lower floors were damaged but the fire was put out quickly."

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/arson-attack-german-paper-ran-charlie-hebdo-cartoons-065348454.html

[Rhinodawg]

1. edit

for lack of reading correctly.

[Fred Sanders]

2. This was in Germany....not much more damage than the attempted firebombing of the NAACP.

[Yo_Mama]

3. German press is reporting that two suspects are in custody this morning. n/t

[calimary]

7. GOOD.

[jwirr]

4. There are two groups that stand to gain from this: the terrorists and the neo Nazt group. ?????

[Nye Bevan]

5. Just horrible (nt)

[riderinthestorm]

6. Despicable.

[Bluenorthwest]

8. Vile.

Petty little small minded humorless villains.

[NaturalHigh]

9. Do the people who commit these crimes really think they're helping their cause?

Every act of violence turns opinion against them even more.