Charlie Hebdo shooting
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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]
| 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 |
| 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 | Saïd Kouachi, Chérif Kouachi, and Hamyd Mourad (suspected)[3] |
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
changeCharlie 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.[11]
Victims
changeKilled
change- Cabu, 76, cartoonist
- Elsa Cayat, 54, psychoanalyst and columnist
- Charb, 47, caricaturist and journalist
- Philippe Honoré, 73, cartoonist
- Bernard Maris, 68, economist and journalist
- Tignous, 57, cartoonist
- Georges Wolinski, 80, cartoonist
Suspects
changeSaïd 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.[12][13] 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.[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- ↑ "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". The Independent. 7 January 2015.
- ↑ "French police ID 3 suspects in attack on newspaper". Newsday. 8 January 2015.
- ↑ "Manhunt for French magazine gunmen". BBC News. 8 January 2015.
- ↑ "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. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
- ↑ Graham-Harrison, Emma (17 January 2015). "Niger rioters torch churches and attack French firms in Charlie Hebdo protest". The Observer – via www.theguardian.com.
- ↑ "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.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ↑ "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.
- ↑ Bennett, Dashiell (1 March 2013). "Look Who's on Al Qaeda's Most-Wanted List". The Atlantic.
- ↑ ""Un commando organisé"". Libération.fr. 7 January 2015.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 "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.
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