Arsonists target German newspaper that reprinted Charlie Hebdo cartoons
A German tabloid, the Hamburg Morgenpost, which reprinted the controversial Muhammad cartoons by Charlie Hebdo, has been attacked by arsonists overnight.
Following the massacre at Charlie Hebdo's Paris office on Wednesday 7 January, the German newspaper used three cartoons from the satirical magazine on its front page, along with the headline 'This much freedom must be possible'.
A police spokesman told Agence France-Presse (AFP) that "rocks and then a burning object were thrown through the window" during the attack which happened at around 1.20am on Sunday 11 January.
"Two rooms on lower floors were damaged but the fire was put out quickly," added the spokesman.
The police have confirmed at two people have been detained as part of an investigation and that no one was hurt.
The police added that it was "too soon" to say if the attack was connected to the newspaper's decision to reprint Charlie Hebdo's cartoons.
Earlier in the week The Drum columnist and former news editor of the Observer, Sunday Telegraph and the Mirror Chris Boffey asked why British newspapers were shying away from reprinting Charlie Hebdo cartoons.