Jordan condemns deadly attack on French magazine

AMMAN — Jordan on Wednesday denounced the attack on the Paris offices of the weekly satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo (Charlie Weekly), the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported.

At least 12 people, including two police officers, were killed and another 20 people were injured in the attack, including four or five critically, Reuters reported.

Government Spokesperson Mohammad Momani said the shooting is an attack against “noble values and principles” and against the “friendly nation” of France.

Momani expressed condolences to the French government and people over the deaths caused by the terrorist attack, reaffirming Jordan’s solidarity with “all its friends” against all forms of terrorism, Petra reported.

In the attack, hooded gunmen stormed the Paris offices of the weekly satirical magazine, which was the target of a firebombing in 2011 after publishing cartoons deriding Prophet Mohammad on its cover, according to Reuters.

Ten members of the Charlie Hebdo staff died in the attack, prosecutors said. Sources at the weekly said the dead included co-founder Jean "Cabu" Cabut and editor-in-chief Stephane "Charb" Charbonnier.

A police union official said the assailants remained at liberty and there were fears of further attacks, according to Reuters.