Qatar condemns deadly attack on French newspaper

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AFP Doha
Last Updated : Jan 07 2015 | 10:25 PM IST
The Gulf state of Qatar expressed "strong" condemnation today of an attack by suspected Islamist gunmen on Paris weekly Charlie Hebdo that killed 12 people.
"Such acts that target unarmed civilians contradict all principles and moral and human values," the foreign ministry said in a statement.
Doha, which has been accused of supporting radical Islamist groups in troubled Arab countries such as Libya and Syria, offered condolences to the French government and the families of the victims.
Gunmen shouting Islamist slogans stormed the offices of the satirical weekly, armed with an AK-47 assault rifle and a grenade launcher.
Editor-in-chief Stephane Charbonnier and three cartoonists were among those killed in the attack, a judicial source in Paris said.
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First Published: Jan 07 2015 | 10:25 PM IST

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