3.3 million at Paris march to honour attack victims

Dozens of world leaders, including Muslim and Jewish statesmen, linked arms leading an estimated 3.3 million French citizens in an unprecedented march under high security to pay tribute to victims of Islamist militant attacks, including journalists of French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo.

In Germany, a tabloid that paid tribute to those killed at Charlie Hebdo by reprinting cartoons mocking the Prophet Muhammad was firebombed in Hamburg on Sunday. No one was at the headquarters of the regional daily Hamburger Morgenpost at the time of the attack, which caused only slight damage.

In Paris, President Francois Hollande and 44 foreign leaders moved off from the central Place de la Republique ahead of a sea of French and other flags as cities across France and Europe hosted silent marches in solidarity.

Immediately to Mr Hollande’s left walked German Chancellor Angela Merkel and to his right Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita. British PM David Cameron, Italy PM Matteo Renzi, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu — who earlier encouraged French Jews to emigrate to Israel — and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas marched with Mr Hollande. “Paris is today the capital of the world. Our entire country will rise up and show its best side,” Mr Hollande said.