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Charlie Hebdo widow wants probe into security lapses

FILE - In this Friday Feb. 6, 2015 file photo, a man walks past flowers laid near the headquarters of magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris. Seventeen people died at Charlie Hebdo on Jan. 7, 2015 and at a kosher supermarket two days later. They were among the first victims of a string of attacks by Islamic fundamentalists in France last year that ultimately left at least 147 people dead and hundreds of others injured. In a special edition marking the anniversary of the Jan. 7 attack on the paper’s staff, Charlie Hebdo’s surviving artists and writers declared that the satirical newspaper is alive, but “the murderer is still at large.” (AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere, File) FILE - In this Friday Feb. 6, 2015 file photo, a man walks past flowers laid near the headquarters of magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris. Seventeen people died at Charlie Hebdo on Jan. 7, 2015 and at a kosher supermarket two days later. They were among the first victims of a string of attacks by Islamic fundamentalists in France last year that ultimately left at least 147 people dead and hundreds of others injured. In a special edition marking the anniversary of the Jan. 7 attack on the paper’s staff, Charlie Hebdo’s surviving artists and writers declared that the satirical newspaper is alive, but “the murderer is still at large.” (AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere, File)

By Associated Press January 5, 2016 1 min read

PARIS (AP) – The widow of a bodyguard killed at the offices of Charlie Hebdo wants an investigation into what she says were lax security measures at the French satirical newspaper before it was attacked a year ago.

Ingrid Brinsolaro said on RTL radio Tuesday that her husband “saw dysfunctions” and a lack of security in the office targeted and “it was impossible to do his job correctly.”

Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said he was open to the idea of an investigation, but also defended the government’s efforts to ensure security and fight Islamic extremism.

Both spoke as France marks a year since Islamic extremists targeted Charlie Hebdo and a kosher market Jan. 7-9, killing 17 people. French President Francois Hollande is unveiling plaques later Tuesday to honor the victims.