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Suspected extremist linked to 2015 Charlie Hebdo attack arrested
Associated Press
Published:
December 21, 2018
Updated:
December 21, 2018 8:30 AM EST
(FILES) This file court sketch dated January 26, 2011 shows French Peter Cherif, 28, arrested in 2004 in Fallujah and suspected of belonging to a ring sending Jihadists to Iraq, on the opening of his trial in Paris. - French jihadist Peter Cherif, close to the Kouachi brothers, the perpetrators of the attack against the Charlie Hebdo satirical newspaper in January 2015, was arrested on December 16, 2018, in Djibouti, a source close to the case said on December 20, 2018, confirming information from French magazine Marianne.BENOIT PEYRUCQ / AFP/Getty Images
PARIS — French authorities have confirmed the arrest of a suspected extremist linked to the 2015 attack on Charlie Hebdo satirical magazine.
Speaking to RTL radio, the minister for the armed forces, Florence Parly, said Friday: “This is a very good news because this terrorist played an important role in organizing the Charlie Hebdo attack.”
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The Paris prosecutor’s office confirmed the arrest after French media reported that French citizen Peter Cherif, also known as Abu Hamza, had been arrested in Djibouti.
On Jan. 7, 2015, brothers Cherif and Said Kouachi killed 11 people at Charlie Hebdo’s office, and a policeman in a nearby street. The following days, their associate Amedy Coulibaly killed a policewoman outside Paris and four people during a hostage-taking at a kosher supermarket. The three attackers were killed in shootouts with police.
http://torontosun.com/news/world/suspected-extremist-linked-to-2015-charlie-hebdo-attack-arrested
Associated Press
Published:
December 21, 2018
Updated:
December 21, 2018 8:30 AM EST
(FILES) This file court sketch dated January 26, 2011 shows French Peter Cherif, 28, arrested in 2004 in Fallujah and suspected of belonging to a ring sending Jihadists to Iraq, on the opening of his trial in Paris. - French jihadist Peter Cherif, close to the Kouachi brothers, the perpetrators of the attack against the Charlie Hebdo satirical newspaper in January 2015, was arrested on December 16, 2018, in Djibouti, a source close to the case said on December 20, 2018, confirming information from French magazine Marianne.BENOIT PEYRUCQ / AFP/Getty Images
PARIS — French authorities have confirmed the arrest of a suspected extremist linked to the 2015 attack on Charlie Hebdo satirical magazine.
Speaking to RTL radio, the minister for the armed forces, Florence Parly, said Friday: “This is a very good news because this terrorist played an important role in organizing the Charlie Hebdo attack.”
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The Paris prosecutor’s office confirmed the arrest after French media reported that French citizen Peter Cherif, also known as Abu Hamza, had been arrested in Djibouti.
On Jan. 7, 2015, brothers Cherif and Said Kouachi killed 11 people at Charlie Hebdo’s office, and a policeman in a nearby street. The following days, their associate Amedy Coulibaly killed a policewoman outside Paris and four people during a hostage-taking at a kosher supermarket. The three attackers were killed in shootouts with police.
http://torontosun.com/news/world/suspected-extremist-linked-to-2015-charlie-hebdo-attack-arrested