A newsagents in Oxford has abandoned plans to sell the latest edition of Charlie Hebdo after receiving threats. Hamid Hadi, who works at Wendys News in Broad Street, said they had ordered 500 copies of the magazine, which depicts the Prophet Muhammad, because of customer demand. He said they cancelled the order after receiving threats, including a phone call threatening to burn the shop down. Police said they are investigating and taking the allegation very seriously. Mr Hadi, a muslim, told the BBC they decided to sell it after receiving almost 100 individual orders from customers. But he said staff were scared after they received so much pressure through phone calls and on Facebook over the decision.
Posted on: Wed, 21 Jan 2015 06:15:00 +0000
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