PM condemns 'brutal' attack on French mag
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Published: 7 Jan, 2015 CET.
Updated: Thu 8 Jan 2015 12:21 CET
Helle Thorning-Schmidt said that France has Denmark's full support and that both countries must strive to protect their values.
Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt condemned the “brutal and ruthless” attack on the Paris offices of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo on Wednesday.
“France has been hit by a terror attack. Completely defenceless and innocent people have fallen victim to what appears to be an attack on the freedom of expression,” Thorning-Schmidt said in a statement.
The prime minister extended Denmark’s support on “a dark day” in France.
“French society is, like ours, open, democratic and based on a free and critical press. These are values that lie deep within all of us and we must stand guard over them. It is also precisely these values that makes France a strong society that can withstand an attack like this,” the PM said.
Twelve people including two police officers were killed and 10 injured in shooting at the Paris offices of the satirical weekly. According to reports, the magazine's editor-in-chief and four of its cartoonists were among the victims.
Several other Danish politicians weighed in to condemn the attacks.
“Horrified by the Charlie Hebdo attack. Strong condemnation. Full solidarity with the victims and France. We must defend the freedom of speech,” Foreign Minister Martin Lidegaard wrote on Twitter.
Horrified by #CharlieHebdo attack. Strong condemnation. Full solidarity w victims & France. We must defend freedom of speech #dkpol
— Martin Lidegaard (@martinlidegaard) January 7, 2015
“It fills me with disgust and dismay. This is an attack on the very foundations of our free society: the freedom of expression. My immediate thoughts go to the victims and their families. I am also thinking about our own challenges, because here in Denmark we also unfortunately have forces that want to upend our society. We must never, ever give in to it,” opposition leader Lars Løkke Rasmussen wrote on Facebook.
“The terror attack is in every way tragic and is not just an attack against the magazine but against all of us,” Social Minister Manu Sareen wrote on Twitter.
National security agency PET said that the Charlie Hebdo attack will not lead to a change in the terror level in Denmark. Shortly after the attack in Paris, uniformed police officers were standing guard outside of the offices of Jyllands-Posten newspaper.
Charlie Hebdo reprinted the controversial 2006 Jyllands-Posten cartoons of the prophet Muhammad, leading to close ties between the two publications.
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Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt condemned the “brutal and ruthless” attack on the Paris offices of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo on Wednesday.
“France has been hit by a terror attack. Completely defenceless and innocent people have fallen victim to what appears to be an attack on the freedom of expression,” Thorning-Schmidt said in a statement.
The prime minister extended Denmark’s support on “a dark day” in France.
“French society is, like ours, open, democratic and based on a free and critical press. These are values that lie deep within all of us and we must stand guard over them. It is also precisely these values that makes France a strong society that can withstand an attack like this,” the PM said.
Twelve people including two police officers were killed and 10 injured in shooting at the Paris offices of the satirical weekly. According to reports, the magazine's editor-in-chief and four of its cartoonists were among the victims.
Several other Danish politicians weighed in to condemn the attacks.
“Horrified by the Charlie Hebdo attack. Strong condemnation. Full solidarity with the victims and France. We must defend the freedom of speech,” Foreign Minister Martin Lidegaard wrote on Twitter.
Horrified by #CharlieHebdo attack. Strong condemnation. Full solidarity w victims & France. We must defend freedom of speech #dkpol
— Martin Lidegaard (@martinlidegaard) January 7, 2015
“It fills me with disgust and dismay. This is an attack on the very foundations of our free society: the freedom of expression. My immediate thoughts go to the victims and their families. I am also thinking about our own challenges, because here in Denmark we also unfortunately have forces that want to upend our society. We must never, ever give in to it,” opposition leader Lars Løkke Rasmussen wrote on Facebook.
“The terror attack is in every way tragic and is not just an attack against the magazine but against all of us,” Social Minister Manu Sareen wrote on Twitter.
National security agency PET said that the Charlie Hebdo attack will not lead to a change in the terror level in Denmark. Shortly after the attack in Paris, uniformed police officers were standing guard outside of the offices of Jyllands-Posten newspaper.
Charlie Hebdo reprinted the controversial 2006 Jyllands-Posten cartoons of the prophet Muhammad, leading to close ties between the two publications.
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