Flags were flown half-staff at the seat of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France on Monday. Members of the European Parliament held a moment of silence for the victims of several attacks thought to be fueled by Muslim extremism in France last week.
Twelve were killed when gunmen attacked the offices of a satirical French newspaper, Charlie Hebdo, and another four in a separate attack on a kosher supermarket in Paris. The other victim was a policewoman who authorities believe was killed by the same man who held the hostages at the kosher supermarket.
“We are profoundly shocked by this heinous crime which is an affront to civilized society, and we unreservedly condemn such violence,” said president of the European Parliament, Martin Schulz in a speech at the EU Parliament Monday.
