Charlie Hebdo cofounder says murdered editor ‘dragged’ staff to death with provocative cartoons

LONDON: A founder of the satirical French magazine Charlie Hebdo has accused its editor, who was killed by masked gunmen last Wednesday, of “dragging the team” to death by publishing provocative cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad.

Henri Roussel, 80, who contributed to the first issue in 1970 when the magazine was known as Hara-Kiri Hebdo, had written to editor Stephane Charbonnier — who goes by the name “Charb” — to say of the divisive drawings: “I really hold it against you.”

Referring to the editor’s decision to print a drawing of the Prophet Muhammad on the front cover in 2011, Roussel — who publishes under the pen name Delfeil de Ton — wrote in this week’s French magazine Nouvel Obs: “What made him feel the need to drag the team into overdoing it?” Telegraph reported…. see more

source: times of india

Tags: Charlie Hebdo, France, Paris Attack, Politics

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