Charlie Hebdo shooting

Charlie Hebdo shooting"
Journalists, Policemen, and emergency Services in the Street of the Shooting, a Few Hours after the Attack.
Location10 rue Nicolas-Appert, 11th arrondissement of Paris, France[1]
Coordinates48°51′33″N 2°22′13″E / 48.859246°N 2.370258°E / 48.859246; 2.370258
DateJanuary 7, 2015
11:30 CET (UTC+01:00)
TargetCharlie Hebdo Employees
Attack type
Terrorist attack, Shooting, Bombing
Weapons
Deaths12 (All)
Injured
11
Victims7
PerpetratorsSaïd Kouachi and Chérif Kouachi (Muslim Brothers)
No. of participants
2

On 7 January 2015, at about 11:30 a.m. in Paris, France, two masked Islamist 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. Armed with rifles and other weapons, the duo murdered 12 people and injured 11 others; they identified themselves as members of al-Qaeda, which claimed responsibility for the attack. They fled after the shooting, triggering a manhunt, and were eventually intercepted and killed by a French elite tactical unit on 9 January.[2][3]

Background

Charlie Hebdo is an anti-religious left-wing newspaper. In 2011, the newspaper's main 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 Stéphane "Charb" Charbonnier was added to Al-Qaeda's most wanted list in 2013.[4]

Events

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][8]

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][9] Following a massive manhunt, the French police believe they have located the attackers and are mounting an operation against them.[8][10] On Twitter, users showed support for freedom of speech with the hashtag #JeSuisCharlie.

Aftermath

Victims

Perpetrators

Saïd Kouachi and Chérif 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.[11][12]

In 2008, Chérif 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 al-Qaeda in Iraq.[12][13]

Hamyd Mourad, an 18-year-old homeless man of unknown nationality, was identified by the police as a third suspect in the shooting.[14][15]

References

  1. ↑ "En images : à 11 h 30, des hommes armés ouvrent le feu rue Nicolas-Appert". Le Monde. 7 January 2015.
  2. ↑ Saul, Heather (9 January 2015). "Google pays tribute to Charlie Hebdo attack victims with black ribbon on homepage". The Independent. London. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
  3. ↑ "Manhunt for French magazine gunmen". BBC News. 8 January 2015.
  4. ↑ Bennett, Dashiell (1 March 2013). "Look Who's on Al Qaeda's Most-Wanted List". The Atlantic.
  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. 1 2 3
  9. ↑ "Charlie Hebdo attack – latest". BBC News. 7 January 2015. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
  10. ↑ Zemouri, Mélanie Delattre, Christophe Labbé, Olivier Pérou, Aziz (7 January 2015). "Attentat à "Charlie Hebdo" : le Raid mène une opération à Reims". Le Point.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  11. ↑ ""Un commando organisé"". Libération.fr. 7 January 2015.
  12. 1 2 "Confusion as French Hunt Magazine Attack Suspects". NBC News.
  13. ↑ "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.
  14. ↑ "Les trois suspects identifiés et traqués". 6 January 2015.
  15. ↑ 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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