Front pages: the British press reaction to the Charlie Hebdo attack

How British newspapers have responded to the attack on the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo on their front pages.

By Anoosh Chakelian

(Photo By How the British press reacted to the murders at Charlie Hebdo. Photo: Twitter/@suttonnick)

The Guardian front page, Thursday 8 January 2015: ‘An assault on democracy’ pic.twitter.com/z3iZUVOTvp

— The Guardian (@guardian) January 7, 2015

+++ This morning’s @Independent: pic.twitter.com/brvaRXfG0L +++

— amol rajan (@amolrajan) January 8, 2015

Today’s front page: French police name three suspects in Paris terror attack that killed 12. http://t.co/yRWd6WV4lk pic.twitter.com/k2x9ip5xcM

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— The Sun (@TheSunNewspaper) January 8, 2015

Today’s Daily Record front page: #scotpapers pic.twitter.com/GTmqweNj6B

— The Daily Record (@Daily_Record) January 8, 2015

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Thursday’s i front page: Dark day for liberté #tomorrowspaperstoday #bbcpapers #CharlieHebdo pic.twitter.com/jTbcbyy4E7

— Nick Sutton (@suttonnick) January 7, 2015

Just published: front page of the Financial Times UK edition Thu Jan 8 pic.twitter.com/OnX4asT0L2

— Financial Times (@FT) January 7, 2015

Thursday’s Daily Telegraph front page: ‘War on freedom’ pic.twitter.com/yc4xnnpIoJ

— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) January 7, 2015

Today’s front page: Attack on freedom http://t.co/H7VgtpTtea #CharlieHebdo pic.twitter.com/3HD2FuloeZ

— The Times of London (@thetimes) January 8, 2015

Tomorrow’s front page: Barbaric http://t.co/fDziK2blGJ pic.twitter.com/kDihBfyRAL

— Daily Mirror (@DailyMirror) January 7, 2015

pic.twitter.com/qNVUwJFc46

— (@ScotNational) January 7, 2015

Thursday’s Metro front page: Massacre #tomorrowspaperstoday #bbcpapers #CharlieHebdo pic.twitter.com/pLI9j7KQPx

— Nick Sutton (@suttonnick) January 7, 2015