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Magazine features Prophet Mohammed on post-massacre cover

The cover of the latest edition, which is due tomorrow, January 14, shows a weeping Prophet Mohammed holding a “Je Suis Charlie” sign with a headline saying “Tout est pardonne”, French for “All is forgiven.”

Satirical magazine, Charlie Hebdo has unveiled its first cover since the January 7 attack on its Paris office.

The cover of the latest edition, which is due tomorrow, January 14, shows a weeping Prophet Mohammed holding a “Je Suis Charlie” sign with a headline saying “Tout est pardonne”, French for “All is forgiven.”

The new issue of the weekly magazine has been termed the “Survivors’ issue” and is expected to have up to 3 million copies printed due to popular demand.

The first one million copies are expected to be in print between Wednesday, the usual day of publication, and Thursday.

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Michel Salion, a spokesperson for MPL, which distributes Charlie Hebdo, said:

"We have requests for 300,000 copies throughout the world - and demand keeps rising by the hour.”

“The million will go. As of Thursday, the decision will probably be taken to print extra copies ... So we'll have one million, plus two if necessary,” Salion added.

Gunmen, Said and Cherif Kouachi, stormed the magazine’s office and opened fire killing 12 people. Another gunman, Amedy Coulibaly took hostages in solidarity with the Kouachis and killed 5 of them during the ordeal.

All three suspects have been killed by police.

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