Charlie Hebdo giving $4 million in donations to victims

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Last Updated : Dec 16 2015 | 8:43 PM IST
Charlie Hebdo, the satirical newspaper whose staff was decimated by Islamist gunmen, is giving nearly 4 million euros (USD 4.4 million) to victims of the three days of attacks in January.
The publication was targeted January 7 for its cartoons blasphemous to Islam by a pair of French-born brothers who killed 12 people - most of them journalists - during an editorial meeting.
The three days of attacks, coordinated with a third man targeting a kosher supermarket and policewoman, left a total of 17 dead before the gunmen died in police raids.
In a statement today, Charlie Hebdo said it would turn over the donations from 84 countries, and that the French government would appoint an oversight committee to determine how the money would be redistributed.
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First Published: Dec 16 2015 | 8:43 PM IST

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