The Attack on Charlie Hebdo

TO painter Olga Hannover, the afternoon of Wednesday last week was a normal one in Paris. She worked at home while listening to loud music. When she needed to copy some files, she stepped out of the house. That was when she realized something was wrong. "I saw people bustling and the police were putting blockades down the boulevard," Olga told Tempo.

Olga managed to break through the crowd and get to a radio. To her surprise, the news was of an attack on the offices of Charlie Hebdo, about 200 meters from her home. Twelve people, among them two police officers, had been killed.

January 13, 2015