Charlie Hebdo shooting
| 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°ECoordinates: 48°51′33″N 2°22′13″E / 48.859246°N 2.370258°E |
| Date | 7 January 2015 11:30 CET (UTC+01:00) |
| Attack type | Armed attack |
| Weapon(s) | Kalashnikov rifles Shotgun Rocket-propelled grenade launcher[2] |
| Deaths | 12 |
| Injured | 11 |
Overview
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][3]
Background
Charlie Hebdo is an anti-religious 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 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. It is similiar to Monkseaton Shooting.
Aftermath
Victims
- Cabu, 76, cartoonist
- Tignous, 57, cartoonist
- Philippe Honoré, 73, cartoonist
- Georges Wolinski, 80, cartoonist
- Charb, 47, caricaturist and journalist
- Bernard Maris, 68, economist and journalist
- Elsa Cayat, 54, psychoanalyst and columnist
Suspects
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 Iraq's insurgency.[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]
Charlie Hebdo Shooting Media
Police vans arrive on the scene.
Commemorative plaque at 10, rue Nicolas-Appert
Chérif Kouachi.
Saïd Kouachi.
Obama signs a book of condolences at the Embassy of France, Washington, D.C.
Cabu le 24 Aout 2012
Firebombing of Charlie Hebdo offices, 2 November 2011. Charb (Stéphane Charbonnier) answers the journalists' questions.
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Related pages
References
- ↑ "En images : à 11 h 30, des hommes armés ouvrent le feu rue Nicolas-Appert". Le Monde. 7 January 2015.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 '10 killed' as shots fired at satirical magazine headquarters. 7 January 2015. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/charlie-hebdo-shooting-10-killed-as-shots-fired-at-satirical-magazine-headquarters-according-to-9962337.html.
- ↑ "Manhunt for French magazine gunmen". BBC News. 8 January 2015. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-30719057.
- ↑ Bennett, Dashiell (1 March 2013). "Look Who's on Al Qaeda's Most-Wanted List". The Atlantic.
- ↑ "Gun attack on French magazine Charlie Hebdo kills 11". BBC News. 7 January 2015. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
- ↑ Charlie Hebdo attack: 12 dead in Paris, manhunt on. CNN. http://www.cnn.com/2015/01/07/europe/france-satire-magazine-gunfire/. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
- ↑ Graham-Harrison, Emma (17 January 2015). Niger rioters torch churches and attack French firms in Charlie Hebdo protest. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jan/17/niger-protesters-burn-churches-charlie-hebdo-protest.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2
- Žižek, Slavoj (January 10, 2015). "Slavoj Žižek on the Charlie Hebdo massacre: Are the worst really full of passionate intensity?". New Statesman. https://www.newstatesman.com/world/2015/01/slavoj-i-ek-charlie-hebdo-massacre-are-worst-really-full-passionate-intensity. Retrieved December 21, 2024. "updated 21 Jan 2015 5:57pm".
- "Charlie Hebdo and the Erosion of the Liberal Left". The Humanist. January 14, 2015. Retrieved December 21, 2024.
- Journo, Elan (January 7, 2019). "The betrayal of Charlie Hebdo". Spiked. https://www.spiked-online.com/2019/01/07/the-betrayal-of-charlie-hebdo. Retrieved December 21, 2024. "Four years after the massacre, the West continues to lose faith in freedom.".
- Dougherty, Michael Brendan (January 9, 2020). "Western Politics Changed with the Charlie Hebdo Massacre". National Review. https://www.nationalreview.com/2020/01/charlie-hebdo-massacre-changed-western-politics. Retrieved December 21, 2024.
- "Western liberals' weakness on blasphemy is letting down Muslim dissenters". National Secular Society. March 31, 2021. Retrieved December 21, 2024.
- Prof. Joanna Tokarska-Bakir (2024). "Part of the Western Left is now a clear and present danger to Jews and the West". Fathom Journal. Retrieved December 21, 2024.
- ↑ "Charlie Hebdo attack – latest". BBC News. 7 January 2015. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
- ↑ Zemouri, Mélanie Delattre, Christophe Labbé, Olivier Pérou, Aziz (7 January 2015). "Attentat à "Charlie Hebdo" : le Raid mène une opération à Reims". Le Point.
- ↑ ""Un commando organisé"". Libération.fr. 7 January 2015.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 "Confusion as French Hunt Magazine Attack Suspects". NBC News.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "Les trois suspects identifiés et traqués". 6 January 2015.
- ↑ Bond, Anthony; Allen, Peter (7 January 2015). "Three men suspected of killing 12 in Paris terror attack 'arrested near Belgium'". mirror.