‘Charlie Hebdo’ cartoon on Swiss fire tragedy sparks outrage
On average, the cartoons published on the Instagram account of the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo get a few hundred reactions, but a recentย drawingย by cartoonist Eric Salch has prompted more than 15,000 social mediaย users to express their dismay.
It was published asย Switzerland observed a national day of mourning to commemorate the victims of the deadly fire in a bar in Crans-Montana on New Year's Eve, which killed 40ย people,ย most of them teenagers. More than 110 others suffered injuries, some severe.
The cartoon referring to the tragedy shows two apparently charred skiers, wrapped in bandages, skiing downhill in Crans-Montana.ย
The caption reads: "Les brรปlรฉs font du ski โ La comรฉdie de l'annรฉe" ("The burned go skiing โ The comedy of the year").ย The text is a play on the title ...