1/11/2015
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- Vandals threw rocks at the headquarters of the Hamburg Morgenpost
- They reprinted cartoons from the satirical magazine targeted in Paris
- Two men 'behaving suspiciously' at time of attack have been arrested
- 12 people were killed in attacks on the Charlie Hebdo offices last week
The office of a German newspaper that printed Charlie Hebdo cartoons was the target of an arson attack early this morning.
Vandals threw rocks at the headquarters of the Hamburg Morgenpost (MOPO), which reprinted cartoons from the satirical magazine at the centre of the terrorist attacks in Paris last week.
Two men who were 'behaving suspiciously' in the area have been arrested by police and German state security have begun an investigation.
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Destruction: Burnt and damaged files are seen in the courtyard of the German regional newspaper Hamburg Morgenpost's editorial office early this morning after an arson attack
Arson: Firefighters gather in the Hamburg Morgenpost courtyard after vandals threw rocks at the building
Inspection: A firefighter stands by a damaged window of German regional newspaper Hamburg Morgenpost
'Smoke is still in the air': No one was in the building at the time and there were no reports of injuries
The newspaper said on their website that some of the files in the building had been burned after an incendiary device had been thrown into the cellar.
No one was in the building at the time and there were no reports of injuries. The newspaper said early on Sunday that 'smoke is still in the air' from the attacks.
But whether the arson attack was connected to the Charlie Hebdo cartoons was still under investigation, the paper added.
Decision: It reprinted cartoons from the satirical magazine at the centre of the terrorist attacks in Paris
Fire engine: The newspaper said that whether the arson attack was connected to the Charlie Hebdo cartoons was still under investigation
Their website's top story is a report on the attack which took place in the early hours of this morning
On Saturday, the brothers who killed 12 people at the offices of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo on Wednesday were finally killed.
Amedy Coulibaly and co-conspirators Said and Cherif Kouachi died during simultaneous police assaults in a dramatic conclusion to France's deadliest terror attack since 1961.
French interior minister Bernard Cazeneuve said a total of 1,350 military personnel and 2,000 police will be on duty at a rally today, which is expected to draw crowds of up to one million in Paris.
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