Paris Charlie Hebdo attack: Je Suis Charlie hashtag one of most popular in Twitter history
Je Suis Charlie was tweeted at a rate of 6,500 times a minute at its height following Paris massacre

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The "Je Suis Charlie" hashtag has become one of the most popular in the history of Twitter as people around the world showed their solidarity for the victims of the Paris outrage.

At its height the tag was tweeted at a rate of 6,500 times a minute and featured in 3.4 million tweets in just one 24 hour period.

The phrase is in reference to the Charlie Hebdo magazine where 12 people were slaughtered when Islamist terrorists stormed their offices in Paris on Wednesday sparking a series of attacks lasting three days.

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