A newsagent has sold out of controversial French satirical magazine magazine Charlie Hebdo and said he would sell “hundreds” if it were printed in English.
A total of 12 staff at the magazine were murded at its offices three weeks ago by brothers Cherif and Said Kouachi.
Witnesses said they had heard the gunmen shouting "We have avenged the Prophet Muhammad" and "God is Great" in Arabic while calling out the names of the journalists.
Ken Chung, who runs the newsagent in Queens Road, in Buckhurst Hill, has sold the special ‘survivors’ edition.
The magazine’s circulation was initially boosted from the usual run of 60,000 copies to three million for the commemorative edition, which features a weeping prophet Muhammad on the cover saying “Tout est pardonné” or 'all is forgiven'.
Mr Chung has now sold out of the edition, but said he was not surprised by its popularity.
He added: “We have lots of French speakers in the area who ordered it especially and pass it round their friends.
“It was distributed to 72 countries and I’m sure if they printed it in English we would sell hundreds.
“Buying it is a way of people of showing their support for those poor people who were killed.
“I have heard of other newsagents being threatened for stocking it but I’m not worried."
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