2 Nov 2011

French satirical magazine's offices attacked

8:36 pm on 2 November 2011

The offices of the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo have been destroyed by a petrol bomb.

It comes a day after the publication named the Prophet Muhammad as its editor-in-chief for its next issue reports the BBC.

The magazine says the move was intended to celebrate the victory of an Islamist party in Tunisia's election.

Police say a single Molotov cocktail was thrown at the offices during the night.

Charlie Hebdo's website has also been hacked with a message in English and Turkish attacking the magazine.

The magazine was criticised by Muslims in 2007 after reprinting the Danish cartoons of the prophet Muhammad that caused outrage around the Islamic world.