By Gillian West

Satirical French magazine Charlie Hebdo has come under fire for a cartoon depicting victims of the Italian earthquake as pasta dishes.

Featured in its most recent issue, the controversial cartoon – ‘Earthquake Italian Style’ – shows a man and a woman standing next to a pile of rubble with feet buried beneath. Each of the figures has been named after a pasta dish, the man is ‘penne tomato sauce’, the woman ‘penne gratin’ and the bodies beneath the rubble ‘lasagne’.

Drawing criticism from Italian national newspapers La Stampa and Corriere della Serra, the cartoon has also been widely circulated Read full story ›

Source: The Drum