Charlie Hebdo shooting
On January 7, 2015, at around 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]
| 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 | January 7, 2015 11:30 CET (UTC+01:00) |
| Attack type | Terrorist attack, Shooting, Bombing |
| Weapon(s) | *Kalashnikov rifles Shotgun Grenade launcher |
| Deaths | 12 (All) |
| Injured | 11 |
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.
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
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 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).
- ↑ Saul, Heather (9 January 2015). "Google pays tribute to Charlie Hebdo attack victims with black ribbon on homepage". The Independent (London). https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/google-pays-tribute-to-charlie-hebdo-attack-victims-with-black-ribbon-on-homepage-9966794.html. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
- ↑ "Manhunt for French magazine gunmen". BBC News. 8 January 2015. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-30719057.
- ↑ Bennett, Dashiell. Look Who's on Al Qaeda's Most-Wanted List. The Atlantic (1 March 2013).
- ↑ Gun attack on French magazine Charlie Hebdo kills 11 (7 January 2015)BBC News. 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. Part of the Western Left is now a clear and present danger to Jews and the West. Fathom Journal (2024). Retrieved December 21, 2024.
- ↑ Charlie Hebdo attack – latest (7 January 2015)BBC News. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
- ↑ Zemouri, Mélanie Delattre, Christophe Labbé, Olivier Pérou, Aziz. Attentat à "Charlie Hebdo" : le Raid mène une opération à Reims. Le Point (7 January 2015).
- ↑ "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. Three men suspected of killing 12 in Paris terror attack 'arrested near Belgium'. mirror (7 January 2015).