It was a monstrous act of violence, that has shocked decent people all over the world.
The work of crazed fanatics, bullies and cowards.
Gunmen have shot dead 12 people at the Paris office of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in an apparent militant Islamist attack. Four of the magazine's well-known cartoonists, including its editor, were among those killed, as well as two police officers.
Made even more obscene in this country, by the way Stephen Harper is trying to exploit it for maximum political advantage.