The '' Charlie Hebdo '' offices had suffered a terrorist attack on 7 January 2015 in which twelve died , including the editor and several core contributors . The remaining staff initially did not think they could publish the next issue on schedule , but other media organizations encouraged them to do so and offered practical and economic help . On 9 January 2015 , the staff and occasional contributors gathered in a room in the offices of the newspaper '' Libération '' and were lent computers from '' Le Monde '' . There were around 25 people , including Willem , Luz , Corinne " Coco " Rey , Babouse , Sigolène Vinson , , Zineb El Rhazoui , Richard Malka and
terrorist attack on 7 January 2015
Charlie Hebdo shooting
Charlie Hebdo issue No. 1178