Paris goes dark for Charlie Hebdo: Eiffel Tower's lights are turned off as vigils are held around globe for 12 victims slaughtered by fanatics
- The famous French landmark plunged into darkness for five minutes at 8pm this evening in a sombre tribute
- Meanwhile thousands of people gathered for a second night of vigils at Republique Square in Paris tonight
- French President Francois Hollande led the moving tribute to the 12 people murdered in yesterday's terror attack
- The bell of Notre-Dame cathedral tolled as thousands gathered in the rain to remember the Charlie Hebdo victims
- Fellow journalists held their press cards aloft outside the magazine's Paris office during the minute's silence
The
lights of the iconic Eiffel Tower went out this evening in a sombre
tribute to the 12 people that were killed during the terrorist attack on
the Charlie Hebdo offices in Paris.
The
1,063ft French landmark plunged into darkness briefly at 8pm before
gradually coming back on in the symbolic gesture as thousands of people
gathered on in Republique Square for a second night of vigils.
Other
events were held to mark the country's grief today, including the
ringing of the bells of Notre-Dame cathedral over the city as people
paused briefly to remember those who had been murdered.
The Eiffel
Tower was plunged into darkness tonight in a sombre tribute to 12
people that were killed in the attack on the Charlie Hebdo office
The prominent
French landmark switched its lights off at 8pm this evening as thousands
of people paid tribute to the 12 innocent victims
The illuminations of the 1,063ft
French landmark were gradually switched back on after five minutes, in a
second night of tributes
Thousands of people have gathered
in Place de la Republique - or Republique Square tonight for a second
night of vigils and rallies
A vigil of candles and messages is
scattered with pens and pencils in a poignant tribute to the cartoonists
and other victims who were killed
In similar scenes to last night,
people held pens in the air and signs that read 'Je Suis Charlie' as
they remembered those who died in attack
Thousands gather around the vigil in
Republic Square in a second evening of commemorations in Paris,
following a day of rememberance
The mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo,
reportedly called for the second rally in Republique Square tonight and
has joined thousands of people
Demonstrators stand on the monument in
Republique Square as others bring pens, pencils and candles in an
expanding vigil in their memory
The
mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, who has reportedly joined those in
Republique Square tonight, told Liberation newspaper: 'Our city has been
a refuge for writers, philosophers, journalists who were threatened for
their ideas. There is no place in Paris for extremist ideas of any
sort.'
Police
officer Philippe Brinsolaro, whose brother Frank was murdered in the
attack while guarding the offices of Charlie Hebdo was joined by senior
colleagues during the moving ceremony.
Many of the signs held read 'I am
Charlie' or 'We are not afraid' in French, as one mourner waves a French
a flag as a sign of solidarity
Hundreds of people held another vigil,
as candles on the ground spell out the now well-used phrase signifying
the murders - Je Suis Charlie
Pencils are left on the ground at Republic Square where hundreds of tributes have been left in remembrance of those who died
The second vigil tonight is among
several others being held across the country and around the world
tonight, as people mourn the victims
People hold up pens during thee vigil
to assert the right to freedom of expression - a value France has long
cherished and sought to protect
People hold candles in the vigil at
Republic Square, which is just a few minutes' walk from the scene of the
attack at the Charlie Hebdo office
Republic Square or Place de la
Republique has become something of a national monument of mourning for
the Charlie Hebdo attack yesterday
A group of girls hold red and white
candles with a 'Je Suis Charlie' poster, representing the freedom of the
press after yesterday's attack
Demonstrators stand in silence,
clutching makeshift signs and candles as they remember those who
innocently lost their lives in the killings
In Toulouse, thousands of people joined together outside city hall to mark the moment.
Members
of the European Parliament gave their support from Brussels while the
Metropolitan Police remembered their slain brothers outside the French
Embassy and New Scotland Yard.
The
attack raised questions of security in countries across the Western
world and beyond. Muslim leaders condemned the shooting but some have
expressed fears of a rise in anti-Islamic feeling in a country with a
large Muslim population.
France's
Muslim Council called on all French Muslims to join the minute of
silence and said it was issuing a call for 'all Imams in all of France's
mosques to condemn violence and terrorism wherever it comes from in the
strongest possible way.'
As the bells of Notre-Dame tolled,
this woman holds aloft a pencil outside the historic cathedral in
tribute to the slain magazine staff
The staff of press agency Agence France-Presse lined up outside their headquarters holding banners proclaiming 'Je suis Charlie'
French President Francois Hollande, 3rd from left, led the nation in a minute's silence at the Paris Prefecture earlier today
A woman defiantly held her hand in the air despite the rain during the minute's silence outside Charlie Hebdo's office in Paris
Fellow journalists remember their
slain colleagues by holding up their press cards outside the offices of
Charlie Hebdo in Paris
Police officer Philippe Brinsolaro,
centre, whose fellow policeman brother Frank was murdered in the attack,
stands silently during the tribute
Parisians stood in the rain to show solidarity with the victims while showing they were not afraid of any terrorist threat
In Toulouse, hundreds of people stood in silence outside the city hall as much of France came to a brief standstill
In
Glasgow, a city recently struck by its own tragedy, the French
Tricolore flew over the city chambers at half mast while people gathered
on George Square.
Councillor
Gordon Matheson, Leader of Glasgow City Council, said: 'This was a
brutal attack on democracy and freedom of expression and Glasgow unites
in unequivocal condemnation. Our thoughts and prayers are with the
victims and their loved ones.
'The
murderous actions of perverse and unrepresentative extremists will
never overcome a free press which is so fundamental to the values of a
democratic society.
'We
are flying the flag of France at half-mast from the City Chambers today
as a mark of respect for those who have died and to show our solidarity
with the people of France and journalists everywhere.'
Other tributes are expected to take place across Britain this evening.
Metropolitan Police officers stood
outside the world famous New Scotland Yard sign in solidarity with their
murdered French colleagues
Outside the French Embassy in London,
armed police officers of the SO6 Diplomatic Protection Group, bowed
their heads momentarily
General Secretary of the Elysee Palace Jean-Pierre Jouyet and his staff joined the rest of the French nation in the tribute
In Brussels, staff members of the European Parliament stood in the while they took a moment to remember the dead
Inside the Agence France-Press offices, journalists held up printed banners in memory of their slain colleagues
In Westminster, MPs ceased election hostilities to gather in Westminster hall to pay tribute to the dead
People stopped in the street in Strasbourg, eastern France as the clock struck 11 to participate in the moving tribute
Sjuul Paradijs, editor of the Dutch
newspaper Telegraaf, stands on some furniture as he leads his staff in
the minute's silence
Journalists gathered outside the Foreign Correspondents' Club in Hong Kong holding their own 'I am Charlie' banners
The people of Indian ocean island and
French overseas region, Saint-Denis de la Reunion, stood in the aptly
named Human Rights Square
Members of Sydney's French community gathered just metres from where two hostages died in a siege on Martin Place
Melbourne residents gathered in their thousands in Federation Square to mark the yesterday's Paris atrocity
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