Following on from the spontaneous demonstrations of support last night in Paris where nearly 30,000 people came out to show their support for the slain demonstrations are beginning in all parts of France as the French people look to defend the Republic from religious extremism and bigotry.

Here in Strasbourg people are gathering alongside the river to display signs reading "we are not afraid" and "I have a pen".

In Dijon people stood outside the local newspaper at lunchtime with placards that said " I am defending these journalists".

Lyon has seen one of the largest demonstrations in recent times with the local synagogue opening its doors to local Muslim youth as a place for coffee and cakes. The Grande Mosquée de Lyon has a sign in the window reading,

"Christian, Jew, Muslim - all French" alongside the Israeli and French flags.

This attack may have done more to bring together French people than ever before.