Millions of people streamed through the streets behind them and across
France to mourn the victims of deadly attacks on a satirical newspaper,
a kosher supermarket and police officers — violence that tore deep into
the nation’s sense of wellbeing in a way some compared to Sept. 11 in

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detailing how the attacks were going to unfold. That gunman, Amedy
Coulibaly, was also linked to a new shooting, two days after he and the
brothers behind a massacre at satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo were
killed in nearly simultaneous police raids.

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including two police officers. Al Qaeda’s branch in Yemen said it
directed the attack to avenge the honor of the Prophet Muhammad, a
frequent target of the weekly’s satire. Charlie Hebdo assailed
Christianity, Judaism as well as officialdom of all stripes with its
brand of sometimes crude satire.
Francois Hollande, Angela Merkel and Mahmoud Abbas walk during the
rally in Paris.Photo: Getty Images