Al-Qaeda threatens Charlie Hebdo with another massacre for reprinting Mohammed cartoons

Al-Qaeda has threatened French magazine Charlie Hebdo with a 2015 like attack after it republished caricature of Prophet Mohammed to mark start of trial of 14 people accused of helping two terrorists who carried out a gun ramp at offices of satirical weekly. According to SITE Observatory, Al-Qaeda in its publication One Ummah, to mark anniversary of 9/11 attacks, warned Charlie Hebdo and French President Emmanuel Macron of similar massacre for republishing Prophet Mohammed cartoons. 

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On January 7, 2015, brors Chérif and Said Kouachi stormed Charlie Hebdo’s office in Paris with assault rifles, submachine guns, grenes, and pistols and killed 12 people, including Charb, cartoonist, columnist, and director of publication of Charlie Hebdo. gunmen identified mselves as belonging to Islamist group Al-Qaeda. 

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'Same Mess'

terrorist group in its English issue warned French President Macron for allowing republication of cartoon saying that y have "same mess" for him as y h for his predecessor Francois Hollande, who was He of State at time of 2015 attack. 

reprint of cartoon also drew condemnation from three Muslim states - Iran, Turkey, and Pakistan. Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohamm Jav Zarif slammed Macron for refusing to condemn action of Charlie Hebdo and dubbed it a move to insult and instigate 1.5 billion Muslims of world. Charlie Hebdo's director Laurent Sourisseau (Riss), who was bly injured during attack in 2015, told court that magazine does t regret publishing cartoons. 

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