>> earlier at the scene he had noted that several other attacks had been thwarted in france in recent weeks. the country's security alert has now been raised to the highest level, putting in place additional safety precautions. >> i have asked the regional his of police to take all the precaution measure needed at transport facilities, we have increased the security deployment everywhere throughout the french territory. >> reporter: it's not the first time the paper's offices have been attacked. a spoof issue featured a caricature of the profit mohammed on the government. nearly a year later there were additional threats after more cartoons were published. he was an outspoken advocate for the paper amid threats of violence. >> it is a religion that scares people, because every time we talk about it, is when we talk about bomb attacks done by an