AFP chairman Emmanuel Hoog expresses horror at attack on Charlie Hebdo

AFP chairman Emmanuel Hoog and global news director Michèle Léridon expressed their ‘horror’ and ‘indignation’ over this ‘attack of unprecedented violence on the French press’ in the reaction ot the attack on the offices of satirical magazine, Charlie Hebdo.

They also expressed their ‘greatest solidarity and support for their colleagues at Charlie Hebdo who have been so cruelly attacked.’

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