Charlie Hebdo: Tributes to a free spirit and insolent

"These journalists, these designers represent the spirit of may 68. They brought in a spirit of freedom, of impertinence. What happened was the murder of this spirit. "

In Paris, the area near the headquarters of Charlie Hebdo, stage of the massacre yesterday, became a point of pilgrimage for part of friends of those who died, fans of the publication or simply people outraged with the crime.

Charlie Hebdo was born in 1970, from the ashes of a previous publication, the Hara Kiri. Is a product of the spirit of may 68: "I came here because I'm a neighbor and because these journalists, these designers, represent to me, I have 66 years, the spirit of may 68. They brought in a spirit of freedom, of impertinence. In some ways, what happened was the murder of this spirit. It's symbolic of a French point of view, in particular for people of my generation, "says a Parisian.

A Muslim woman, present at the scene, he adds: "they have nothing to do with the Muslim religion, have nothing to do are barbarians and are returning."

Another Parisian, visibly moved, says: "there is no right to kill people who draw, giving your opinion, regardless of which".

Charlie Hebdo's lawyer promised that the newspaper will return to newsstands next Wednesday, with a circulation of one million copies is exceptionally located. For now, it's time to mourn those who died for an ideal of freedom.

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