4 of France's Best Known Cartoonists Among the Dead in Shooting at Magazine Offices (STA BREAKING NEWS and ARCHIVES)

by Theresa , Wednesday, January 07, 2015, 13:36

The horrific shooting at the Paris offices of the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo has claimed the lives of four of France's most respected cartoonists.

On Wednesday morning, at least two gunmen opened fire at the magazine's offices, killing 12 – 10 journalists and two police officers – and injuring eight more. Four are in critical condition and are currently in surgery at Hopital Pitié-Salpêtrière

Among the dead are Jean Cabut, better known as Cabu, and Georges Wolinski.

Cabut, who was 76, regularly appeared on French television. His art has been featured in a range of publications, from Charlie Hebdo to the newspaper Le Figaro.

A founder of Charlie Hebdo, Wolinski, 80, was the dean of French political and shock cartoonists and famous for his graphic images. A true libertine, he first began cartooning in 1960.

Cartoonists Stéphane Charbonnier and Bernard Verlhac, known as Charb and Tignous respectively, were also killed in the terror attack.

Charbonnier had been the director of Charlie Hebdo since May 2009 and was a major driver in the paper's controversial stand against Islamic fundamentalism. He was just 47 years old at the time of his death, while Verlhac was 57.

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