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Charlie Hebdo shooting


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] They shot and killed 12 people, including Charlie Hebdo staff and two French National police officers, and wounded 11 others.[4][5] In Niger churches and cars were burned in protest of Muhammed on the cover of Charlie Hebdo.[6]

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°E / 48.859246; 2.370258Coordinates: 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)
Attack type Armed attack
Weapon(s) Kalashnikov rifles
Shotgun
Rocket-propelled grenade launcher[2]
Deaths 12
Injured 11

The gunmen entered the building and began shooting with automatic weapons, while shouting "Allahu Akbar". Up to 50 shots were fired during the attack.[7] Following a massive manhunt, the French police believe they have located the attackers and are mounting an operation against them.[8][9] On Twitter people used the hashtag #JeSuisCharlie to show support for freedom of speech after the shooting. It is similiar to Monkseaton Shooting.

Background

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 Stéphane "Charb" Charbonnier was added to Al-Qaeda's most wanted list in 2013.[10]

Victims

Killed

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.

References

  1. ↑ "En images : à 11 h 30, des hommes armés 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. 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. 
  3. ↑ "Manhunt for French magazine gunmen". BBC News. 8 January 2015. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-30719057. 
  4. ↑ "Gun attack on French magazine Charlie Hebdo kills 11". BBC News. 7 January 2015. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
  5. ↑ 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. 
  6. ↑ 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. 
  7. ↑ "Charlie Hebdo attack – latest". BBC News. 7 January 2015. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
  8. ↑ Zemouri, Mélanie Delattre, Christophe Labbé, Olivier Pérou, Aziz (7 January 2015). "Attentat à "Charlie Hebdo" : le Raid mène une opération à Reims". Le Point.
  9. ↑ "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.
  10. ↑ Bennett, Dashiell (1 March 2013). "Look Who's on Al Qaeda's Most-Wanted List". The Atlantic.
  11. ↑ ""Un commando organisé"". Libération.fr. 7 January 2015.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 "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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