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Balboa Park Vigil Planned To Honor Victims Of French Massacre

By Matthew Bowler / Video Journalist
Published January 8, 2015 at 8:44 AM PST
This story was published more than 9 years ago.
A bouquet of flowers is shown lying outside Balboa Park's House of France with a note stating "Je Suis Charlie."
Matthew Bowler
A bouquet of flowers is shown lying outside Balboa Park's House of France with a note stating "Je Suis Charlie."

San Diegans will show their support Thursday night for the victims of the France massacre.

French-American Caroline Mayou and Xavier Masse organized the vigil on Facebook and said she wants to ”remember and honor the victims, who died ... for the right to laugh and caricature, basically, for our freedom.” The vigil will be held at Balboa Park’s House of France at 8 p.m.

Mayou has invited more than 1,100 people to the vigil, including many from San Diego's Muslim community.

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People are shown looking at drawn crosses and the portrait of the French caricaturist Georges Wolinski who was killed during a shooting at a French satirical newspaper in Paris on Jan. 7, 2015.
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People are shown looking at drawn crosses and the portrait of the French caricaturist Georges Wolinski who was killed during a shooting at a French satirical newspaper in Paris on Jan. 7, 2015.

The shooting in Paris on Wednesday left 12 people dead, including eight journalists and two police officers. The killings prompted people from around the world to hold vigils. Cartoonists have also reacted through their work.

Charlie Hebdo, which is known for its bold cartoons, is satirical weekly news magazine that was founded in 1970.

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Matthew Bowler
Matthew Bowler is an award-winning journalist from San Diego. Bowler comes from a long line of San Diego journalists. Both his father and grandfather worked as journalists covering San Diego. He is also a third generation San Diego State University graduate, where he studied art with a specialty in painting and printmaking. Bowler moved to the South of France after graduating from SDSU. While there he participated in many art exhibitions. The newspaper “La Marseillaise” called his work “les oeuvres impossible” or “the impossible works.” After his year in Provence, Bowler returned to San Diego and began to work as a freelance photographer for newspapers and magazines. Some years later, he discovered his passion for reporting the news, for getting at the truth, for impacting lives. Bowler is privileged to have received many San Diego Press Club Awards along with two Emmy's.
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