On 25 September 2020, two people were injured in a stabbing outside the former headquarters of the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris.
Both were employees of the television production company Premières Lignes who were on a cigarette break and sustained serious injuries from a meat cleaver.
[6] The main suspect was identified as Zaheer Hassan Mehmood,[7] a 25-year-old Pakistani man,[8] who is charged with "attempted murder in association with a terrorist enterprise.
[8] Before the attack, he stated in a video that he was seeking vengeance against Charlie Hebdo for publishing caricatures of Islam's prophet Muhammad.
On 24 January 2025, Mahmood was convicted of attempted murder and terrorist conspiracy and sentenced to 30 years' imprisonment and expulsion from France upon his release.
The investigation had also found numerous messages published on the TikTok social media network where the suspects expressed their hatred towards Muhammad caricatures and "glorified" the assault by their compatriot.