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Kerry: US Stands by France in Defending Core Values, Fight Terrorism

© REUTERS / Nicholas Kamm/PoolU.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks to the media at the U.S. Ambassador's residence in Paris November 5, 2014
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks to the media at the U.S. Ambassador's residence in Paris November 5, 2014 - Sputnik International
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US Secretary of State John Kerry said that terrorist attack on Charlie Hebdo is a "part of larger confrontation not between civilizations, no, but between civilization itself and those, who are opposed to the civilized world."

Gunmen flee after shooting a wounded police officer (L) on the ground at point-blank range, outside the offices of French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo in Paris - Sputnik International
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WASHINGTON, January 7 (Sputnik) — The United States stands with France in a commitment to fight terrorists and defend the freedom of speech, US Secretary of State John Kerry said Wednesday, commenting on the deadly attack on the office of the French magazine Charlie Hebdo.

“We stand with you in solidarity and in commitment both to the cause of fighting extremism and in the cause which the extremists fear so much and which has always united our two countries – freedom,” Kerry said addressing French people.

Kerry agreed with a French imam, who called the killed reporters “martyrs for liberty,” and added that free expression and free press are core universal values that can never be eradicated.

A bullet impact is seen in a window of a building next to the French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo's office in Paris. Wednesday, January 7, 2015. - Sputnik International
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“Today’s murders are a part of larger confrontation not between civilizations, no, but between civilization itself and those, who are opposed to the civilized world,” Kerry stressed.

On Wednesday, French government raised the country’s terror alert to the highest level, after three masked gunmen attacked offices of a French satirical magazine, killing 12 and severely wounding at least seven people. Attackers fled the scene.

Charlie Hebdo previously experienced an attack in November 2011 after publishing a caricature of the Prophet Muhammad.

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