The French regional newspaper La Nouvelle Republique has received threats on social media after it published a caricature of the Prophet Mohammad on its front page, one of its journalists said on Wednesday.
On Oct. 18, the Nouvelle Republique paper re-published an earlier satirical drawing of the Prophet Mohammad from magazine Charlie Hebdo, to highlight the threat from Islamic extremists, following last week's murder of French teacher Samuel Paty.
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The journalist, Christophe Herigault, told BFMTV on Wednesday that while the vast majority had given the paper's front page a positive reaction, as a defense of freedom of speech and democracy, a small number had issued threats against the paper.
