 On 7 January 2015 , two masked gunmen opened fire on Charlie Hebdo 's staff and police officers as vengeance for its continued caricatures of Muhammad , killing 12 people , including Charb , and wounding 11 others . Jyllands @-@ Posten did not re @-@ print the Charlie Hebdo cartoons in the wake of the attack , with the new editor @-@ in @-@ chief citing security concerns . 
