Charlie Hebdo donates millions to attack victims

Hebdo, the satirical newspaper which was targeted by Islamic extremist gunmen in January, is giving nearly €4m to victims of the attacks.

The publication was attacked on January 7 for its caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad by a pair of French-born brothers who killed 12 people – most of them journalists – during an editorial meeting.

The three days of attacks, co-ordinated 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 wo