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Charlie Hebdo shooting

Coordinates : 48°51′33″N 2°22′13″E  /  48.859246°N 2.370258°E  / 48.859246; 2.370258
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Charlie Hebdo shooting
Journalists, policemen, and emergency services in the street of the shooting, a few hours after the attack
Location 10 rue Nicolas-Appert, 11th arrondissement of Paris , France [1]
Coordinates 48°51′33″N 2°22′13″E  /  48.859246°N 2.370258°E  / 48.859246; 2.370258
Date 7 January 2015
11:30 CET ( UTC+01:00 )
Target Charlie Hebdo employees
Attack type
Armed attack
Weapons Kalashnikov rifles
Shotgun
Rocket-propelled grenade launcher [2]
Deaths 12
Injured
11
Perpetrators Said Kouachi, Cherif Kouachi, and Hamyd Mourad (suspected) [3]

On 7 January 2015, at approximately 11:30 CET (10:30 UTC ), three masked gunmen armed with Kalashnikov rifles, a shotgun , and a rocket-propelled grenade launcher stormed the headquarters of the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris. [2] [4] They shot and killed 12 people, including Charlie Hebdo staff and two French National police officers , and wounded 11 others. [5] [6] In Niger churches and cars were burned in protest of Muhammed on the cover of Charlie Hebdo . [7]

The gunmen entered the building and began shooting with automatic weapons, while shouting " Allahu Akbar ". Up to 50 shots were fired during the attack. [8] Following a massive manhunt, the French police believe they have located the attackers and are mounting an operation against them. [9] [10] On Twitter people used the hashtag #JeSuisCharlie to show support for freedom of speech after the shooting. It is similiar to Monkseaton Shooting .

Background [ change | change source ]

Charlie Hebdo is an antireligious left-wing newspaper. In 2011 the newspaper's office was firebombed because the cover of an issue of the newspaper called "Charia Hebdo" had a cartoon of Prophet Muhammad on it. The newspaper's editor-in-chief Stephane "Charb" Charbonnier was added to Al-Qaeda 's most wanted list in 2013. [11]

Victims [ change | change source ]

Killed [ change | change source ]

Suspects [ change | change source ]

Said Kouachi and Cherif Kouachi were identified by French police as the main suspects in the shooting. The two Franco-Algerian brothers, both from Gennevilliers , are aged 34 and 32, respectively. [12] [13] In 2008, Cherif Kouachi was convicted of terrorism charges and sentenced to three years in prison, along with 18 months of suspension, for having assisted in sending fighters to Iraq's insurgency. [13] [14]

Hamyd Mourad, an 18-year-old homeless man of unknown nationality, was identified by the police as a third suspect in the shooting. [15] [16]

References [ change | change source ]

  1. ↑ "En images : a 11 h 30, des hommes armes ouvrent le feu rue Nicolas-Appert" . Le Monde . 7 January 2015.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 " '10 killed' as shots fired at satirical magazine headquarters" . The Independent . 7 January 2015.
  3. ↑ "French police ID 3 suspects in attack on newspaper" . Newsday . 8 January 2015.
  4. ↑ "Manhunt for French magazine gunmen" . BBC News . 8 January 2015.
  5. ↑ "Gun attack on French magazine Charlie Hebdo kills 11" . BBC News. 7 January 2015 . Retrieved 7 January 2015 .
  6. ↑ "Charlie Hebdo attack: 12 dead in Paris, manhunt on" . CNN . Retrieved 7 January 2015 .
  7. ↑ Graham-Harrison, Emma (17 January 2015). "Niger rioters torch churches and attack French firms in Charlie Hebdo protest" . The Observer – via www.theguardian.com.
  8. ↑ "Charlie Hebdo attack ? latest" . BBC News. 7 January 2015 . Retrieved 7 January 2015 .
  9. ↑ Zemouri, Melanie Delattre, Christophe Labbe, Olivier Perou, Aziz (7 January 2015). "Attentat a "Charlie Hebdo" : le Raid mene une operation a Reims" . Le Point . {{ cite web }} : CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list ( link )
  10. ↑ "Attentat contre Charlie Hebdo : le plus jeune des suspects s'est rendu - Société - MYTF1News" . Archived from the original on 2015-01-08 . Retrieved 2015-01-08 .
  11. ↑ Bennett, Dashiell (1 March 2013). "Look Who's on Al Qaeda's Most-Wanted List" . The Atlantic .
  12. ↑ " "Un commando organise" " . Liberation.fr . 7 January 2015.
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 "Confusion as French Hunt Magazine Attack Suspects" . NBC News .
  14. ↑ "Charlie Hebdo Paris shooting: Three men suspected of killing 12 in terror attack 'holed up near Belgium border' " . Daily Mirror . 7 January 2015 . Retrieved 7 January 2015 .
  15. ↑ "Les trois suspects identifies et traques" . 6 January 2015.
  16. ↑ Bond, Anthony; Allen, Peter (7 January 2015). "Three men suspected of killing 12 in Paris terror attack 'arrested near Belgium' " . mirror .

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