On 7 January 2015, vaviri vechiMuslim vanonyanyisa, vose French vagari akakurira munharaunda Paris, akarwisa Paris dzimbahwe "Charlie Hebdo", ane nharo kusetsa magazini kuti akanga poked kuseka pamusoro Mohammed, mune chii chakazozivikanwa sezvo Charlie Hebdo kupfura. Vakauraya vanhuwo zvavo gumi, kubatanidza vanyori vashanu vakakurumbira vemifananidzo uye mutungamiriri wemagazini yacho nemapurisa maviri. Musi waJanuary 8 na9, mumwe wechitatu akauraya vamwe vashanu. Pamwe chete vanozivikanwa seJanuary 2015 Île-de-France kurwiswa
, idzi ndidzo dzakanga dziri denda guru zvikurusa ramagandanga muParis chifo cha 1961. Musi waJanuary 11, vanhu vanofungidzirwa kuva miriyoni imwe nehafu vakafora muParis kuti varatidze kubatana mukurwisa ugandanga uye kudzivirira rusununguko rwokutaura.