A vigil for the victims of a violent attack on a French satirical magazine was held in Luxembourg City on Wednesday evening.

The show of solidarity, organised via Facebook page Je suis Charlie, began at 6pm at the Bistrot de la Presse in Rue du Marché-aux-Herbes.

A second, silent sit-in is being organised on Thursday, January 8, at 11.30am in Place Clairefontaine, in Luxembourg City. The latter is organised by the Luxembourg Press Council in a demonstration for press freedom.

Around 12 people, including two police officers are thought to have been killed in Wednesday morning's terrorist attack on the Charlie Hebdo's Paris offices.

The attack is believed to be in retaliation for the magazine's decision to publish controversial cartoons of the Muslim prophet.

This week's front page featured controversial author French Michel Houellebecq, whose latest book "Soumission", or "Submission," which imagines a France in the near future that is ruled by an Islamic government, came out Wednesday.

12 shot dead in 'terrorist' attack on French newspaper

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