German newspaper Hamburger Morgenpost target of arson attack

HAMBURG, Germany, Jan. 11 (UPI) -- German newspaper Hamburger Morgenpost was the target of an arson attack after reprinting cartoons from the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo.

There is no confirmed link, but the attack did occur after the reprinting of the cartoons following the terrorist attack on the French magazine that left 12 dead. The motive for the attack stemmed from the cartoons printed in the magazine mocking radical Muslims and Islam.

On Thursday it ran a headline with the words: "This much freedom must be possible."

Belgium's Le Soir newspaper evacuated their building after receiving a bomb threat after it republished Charlie Hebdo cartoons.

Stones and an incendiary device were thrown at the archives of the newspaper.

"Two rooms on the lower floors were damaged but the fire was put out quickly," police told German media.

No one was injured in the attack. There have been no arrests but there were reports of two suspicious people seen near the paper's building.