French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo will feature a cartoon of the Prophet Muhammad on the cover after several members of its editorial team were gunned down by terrorists.

The cover will feature an image of the Prophet shedding a tear while holding the now-famous slogan “Je suis Charlie” underneath the headline “tout est pardonné” which means “all is forgiven”.

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Lawyer Richard Malka said the first issue following the tragedy would “of course” feature images of the Prophet.

“We will not give in. The spirit of ‘Je suis Charlie’ means the right to blaspheme,” Mr Malka told France Info radio.

“We will not give in otherwise all this won’t have meant anything. A Je Suis Charlie banner means you have the right to criticise my religion, because it’s not serious.”

The magazine has been attacked in the past, presumed to be in response to its controversial depictions of Muhammad.

“We have never criticised a Jew because he’s a Jew, a Muslim because he’s a Muslim or a Christian because he’s a Christian,” Mr Malka continued.

“But you can say anything you like, the worst horrors – and we do – about Christianity, Judaism and Islam, because behind the nice slogans, that’s the reality of Charlie Hebdo.”