Five victims of last week’s Charlie Hebdo massacre were laid to rest on Thursday – among them Tignous, one of the French satirical newspaper’s best-known cartoonists.

Hundreds gathered for a public ceremony on the outskirts of Paris
including those pursuing the work the artist and his slain colleagues loved.

“They have killed really nice people who could speak to adults and kids alike and we are going to continue to do exactly the same thing,” said Luz, the Charlie Hebdo cartoonist behind the new edition’s defiant front page, featuring the Prophet Mohammad.

Loved ones left a personal touch, drawing cartoons on the coffin of
Tignous, whose real name was Bernard Verlhac.

His wife Chloé paid a moving tribute to her 57-year-old husband and the other Charlie Hebdo victims.

“Let’s reclaim the right to do what we were doing before – not remaining silent,” she told mourners.

“Let’s remember that they were all pacifists and republicans. For our children, lets continue to defend