(CNN) Charlie Hebdo, the French magazine where gunmen killed journalists and police in a brazen lunchtime attack Wednesday, is no stranger to controversy.
The Paris-based weekly satirical magazine, which was founded in 1970, became famous for its daring takedowns of politicians, public figures and religious symbols of all faiths.
And although the motive behind Wednesday's massacre is not yet clear, Charlie Hebdo's publishing of cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed in recent years has angered some Muslims and made it a target for attacks.
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