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Journalists are now 鈥渙n the front line鈥� following the attack by gunmen on offices of Charlie Hebdo, Liberal Democrat MP Sir Menzies Campbell has said.

Twelve people were killed and seven injured in the attack on the Paris offices of the French satirical magazine.

The satirical weekly has courted controversy in the past 鈥� in November 2011 the magazine was firebombed a day after it carried a caricature of the Prophet Muhammad.

Sir Menzies Campbell, a member of the Foreign Affairs Select committee and the Intelligence and Security Committee said: 鈥淚t鈥檚 in the interest of all of us that different and more severe precautions are taken.

鈥淚f we have to put policemen in front of every newspaper office, then maybe that鈥檚 something we have to live with. Why? Because the issue of free speech, and freedom of expression, is absolutely fundamental,鈥� he added.

This clip is originally from Afternoon Edition on Wednesday 7 January 2014.