Your trusted source

A political commentator says the recent terror attack in Paris is the direct consequence of the European countries’ support for terrorist groups in different parts of the world, Press TV reports.

Massoud Shadjareh, the head of the Islamic Human Rights Commission, said in an interview with Press TV that Western countries, including France, have been supporting Takfiri terrorists in the Middle East in recent years despite being aware of the fact that it might backfire on them.

He said the Takfiri terrorist groups were created not just by the money received from individuals or the smuggling of oil, but also with the financial and military support of Western governments.

Referring to the recent shooting incident in Paris, which led to the death of 12 people, he said, “I think there needs to be a wake-up call across Europe,” adding that the terrorists should be stopped.

He said that people need to recognize that Islamophobia and associating Muslims with these terrorists is no more acceptable, adding that societies need to become more cohesive and find ways to stop terrorists.

Shadjareh’s remarks came after at least twelve people were killed and five others critically injured when several masked men armed with automatic weapons stormed the offices of French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo in the heart of the French capital, Paris, on Wednesday.

The weekly magazine’s offices were firebombed in 2011 after the publication of insulting cartoons of Prophet Mohammed (PBUH).