While the entire world and social media were busy condemning the attack, former IPS officer Kiran Bedi tweeted backing the gunmen who shot at Charlie Hebdo.

Masked gunmen opened fire in the Paris office of Charlie Hebdo, a french satirical newspaper on Monday. Wielding AK-47 and Kalashnikovs, the three hooded men indiscriminately fired and killed 12 people on Wednesday afternoon.

Reactions poured in from all over the world. Starting from world leaders like Barack Obama, David Cameron, Russian President Vladimir Putin and even our own Prime Minister Narendra Modi condemned the dastardly attacks.

While the entire world and social media was busy condemning the attacks, former IPS officer and an activist Kiran Bedi tweeted this gem:

France Terror-Shoot-Out sends a message: why deliberately provoke or poke? Be respectful and civil. Don't hurt people's sensitivities! — Kiran Bedi (@thekiranbedi) January 7, 2015

Her insensitive tweet garnered many reactions and thankfully everyone condemned her reaction to the cowardly killings of 12 people in broad daylight. These were the few reactions to her tweet.

@thekiranbedi BULLSHIT Maám! You mean to say that murdering others is ok the moment ones' sensitivities are hurt! COWARD! — Ashish Malhotra (@The_Rocktor) January 7, 2015

@thekiranbedi The secularism keeda still alive within u..Which idiots wr considering u fr delhi CM candidate fr BJP? — Shomer (@Golem001) January 7, 2015

@ArunKrishnan_ @octotus @thekiranbedi don't ask her question else she will block u. don't even know why block me ! — S.Anand (@smk_anand) January 7, 2015

@thekiranbedi r u drunk.. not expecting this from you... if you are right then what about PK — GUNJAN MOHAN (@gunjanmohan) January 7, 2015

@thekiranbedi #shameless why were u quiet on pk. Playing appeasement game?? — Mani H #HDL (@hmani2000) January 7, 2015

After backlash on social media, Kiran Bedi went on damage control mode with this tweet:

Neither is uncivil behaviour justified, nor is violence for revenge! For a peaceful society both have to change! For the sake of Humanity.. — Kiran Bedi (@thekiranbedi) January 7, 2015

An eyewitness account said the gunmen while leaving the office of Charlie Hebdo screamed, "We avenged the Prophet." It was later that another eyewitness said that she heard the gunmen say they were al-Qaida terrorists.

The French newspaper Charlie Hebdo's staple is to be provocative — poking fun at popes, presidents as well as the Prophet Muhammad, a report in the Associated Press said.

The satirical weekly attacked Wednesday by gunmen, killing at least 12, has a history of drawing outrage across the Muslim world with crude cartoons of Islam's holiest figure.

The magazine's offices were firebombed in November 2011 after it published a spoof issue that "invited" Muhammad to be its guest editor and put his caricature on the cover.

A year later, the magazine published more Muhammad drawings amid an uproar over an anti-Muslim film. The cartoons depicted Muhammad naked and in demeaning or pornographic poses.

As passions raged, the French government defended free speech even as it rebuked Charlie Hebdo for fanning tensions.

With inputs from agencies