Rabbi Predicts Jewish Exodus From France

Written By Unknown on Sabtu, 17 Januari 2015 | 16.15

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By David Bowden, Senior News Correspondent

The rabbi of Paris's biggest synagogue has said thousands of Jews will flee France in the wake of last week's terror attacks.

Moshe Sebbag, from the vast and ornate Grand Synagogue in the French capital, says there is likely to be a mass flight to safety if the terror threat does not diminish.

He said: "Yes I think there will be a big exodus, it's a fact, you can't ignore it.

"Already this year its estimated 7,000 will leave for Israel, but after what's happened I know that everybody, or a lot of people are looking for a way out."

Sabine is one of them. She fears the Jews in France face a threat not seen since the days of the Nazis and the Second World War.

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Gallery: Inside Paris' Grand Synagogue

The Grand Synagogue was opened to the general public in 1875

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pays a visit to the synagogue. Pic: Alain Azria

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Known as La Victoire synagogue, it is the largest in France

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One of the benches inside the synagogue

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She has three sons, the youngest of which is seven years old.

She dreamt he was killed by a terrorist who snatched him at gunpoint and has told all of her boys not to have anything that marks them out as Jewish on show in public.

She said: "I went with my son to school (non denominational) and I said to him, if someone arrives to kill people don't say that you are Jewish, never."

Sabine is already researching the possibility of buying a home in Israel, in case she determines it's too dangerous to stay in France.

She has told her older sons not to consider any higher education courses in Europe, instead advising them to study in Canada, Australia or Israel.

Sabine is not a particularly observant Jew and does not live in a Jewish enclave in Paris, but she is very apprehensive about what the future holds.

She added: "As a Jew living in Paris I feel very, very frightened. I think they wanted that and they succeeded in that."

A week after four Jewish men were killed at a kosher supermarket, Jews were back in the shops stocking up on provisions for the Sabbath, once again, though this time with soldiers on the street.

How many more times will those same people buy their goods from a French delicatessen before they deem it too dangerous to live in France at all?

Meanwhile, Prime Minister David Cameron and President Barack Obama have joined forces to fight "the poisonous narrative" of Islamist extremists.

Speaking on his way back from a meeting in Washington with Mr Obama about the terror threat following the Paris attacks, Mr Cameron said: "You can have, tragically, people who have had all the advantages of integration, who have had all the economic opportunities our countries can offer, who still get seduced by this poisonous, radical death cult of a narrative."

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Written By Unknown on Kamis, 15 Januari 2015 | 16.15

French comedian Dieudonne will stand trial on suspicion of glorifying terrorism after a Facebook comment referencing last week's attacks in Paris.

Prosecutors opened a case against the notorious comedian on Monday after he posted the remark, which appeared to sympathise with the Islamist gunmen who left 17 people dead.

Playing on the slogan "Je suis Charlie", the comedian wrote: "Tonight, as far as I'm concerned, I feel like Charlie Coulibaly."

The comment has since been deleted.

Amedy Coulibaly is accused of murdering a policewoman and then storming a kosher supermarket, shooting dead four shoppers.

He claimed to have been collaborating with brothers Cherif and Said Kouachi, who slaughtered 12 people at the offices of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo. All three gunmen were subsequently killed in police raids.

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Gallery: France Queues At Newstands For Charlie Hebdo

A queue of people wait outside a kiosk to get a copy of Charlie Hebdo in Saint Germain en Laye, France

People wait outside a newsagents in Paris. The latest edition of Charlie Hebdo since Islamist attacks on the magazines offices left 12 people dead has sold out in many parts of France

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Al Qaeda In Yemen Claims Charlie Hebdo Attack

Al Qaeda in Yemen has claimed responsibility for the attack on the offices Charlie Hebdo, which left 12 people dead, in a new video posted online.

Nasser al Ansi, one of the chiefs of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), said the Paris attack was carried out in retaliation for the satirical magazine's publication of images depicting the Prophet Mohammed.

He said the attackers - identified as Said and Cherif Kouachi - were acting on the orders of al Qaeda's global commander, Ayman al Zawahiri.

In the video, entitled "A message regarding the blessed battle of Paris", al Ansi said: "We, al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, claim responsibility for this operation as vengeance for the messenger of Allah.

"The leadership of (AQAP) was the party that chose the target and plotted and financed the plan.

"The heroes were chosen and they answered the call.

"Congratulations to you, the Nation of Islam, for this revenge that has soothed our pain.

"Congratulations to you for these brave men who blew off the dust of disgrace and lit the torch of glory in the darkness of defeat and agony."

He also warned of more "tragedies and terror" in the future.

It has not been possible to immediately verify the authenticity of the video, however it carried the logo of the al Qaeda's media group al Malahem.

AQAP recently called for its supporters to carry out attacks in France and is the same group which communicated with the men who killed Fusilier Rigby in London in May 2013.

Sky's Foreign Affairs Editor Sam Kiley said the latest video came "amid increasing competition with so-called Islamic State for the violent Islamist franchise".

"It does not prove, either way, whether al Qaeda's top man ordered the attacks, nor that either of the Kouachi brothers even met the now dead Anwar al Awlaki," he said.

"There are grounds to look for a wider conspiracy because of the level of weaponry the men had – but this could be al Qaeda joining the Kouachis after the fact of the attacks.

"Amedy Coulibaly, their comrade, claimed to have been part of Islamic State. That movement has been quick to adopt him but given no proof that it was linked to the killer who attacked the kosher grocery."

The video cames as the first edition of Charlie Hebdo published since the massacre hit the newsstands, selling out within hours.

It features another image of the Prophet Mohammed on its front cover. The cartoon has tears in his eyes, holding a "Je Suis Charlie" sign under the headline "All Is Forgiven".

New video has also emerged of the Kouachi brothers on the streets of Paris after last week's attack.

The footage shows the two masked figures calmly returning to their getaway vehicle moments after murdering eight journalists, including the magazine's editor, and four others.

The pair reload their weapons, before one shouts: "We have avenged the Prophet Mohammed, we have killed Charlie Hebdo."

Both claimed to have trained with AQAP before they were shot dead in a police raid.

Coulibaly - who is accused of killing a policewoman and then shooting four people at a kosher supermarket in Paris - said he was coordinating with the brothers but claimed to have been associated with Islamic State.

The gunmen were known to French intelligence agencies and had been on a US terror watch list for some time.

French Prime Minister Manuel Valls has now declared a "war against terrorism".

"France is at war against terrorism, jihadism, radicalism... (not) Islam and Muslims," he said. "I don't want Jews in this country to be scared, or Muslims to be ashamed."

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Gallery: Funerals For Paris Attacks Victims

Police officers carry the coffins draped in the French flag of the three police officers killed in the recent terror attacks in Paris, at the city's police headquarters

The coffin of French police officer Ahmed Merabet, 40, is carried by colleagues

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Policewoman Targeted By Paris Driver

A Paris policewoman has been hurt after a motorist drove at her outside the President's residence, according to reports.

According to newspaper reports the car had been driving the wrong way along a one-way system and left the 37-year with wrist, knee and back injuries.

Le Parisien newspaper said four suspects ran away from the car.

Two have been arrested on Rue d'Anjou and two are still on the run. French media are reporting that the driver was breathalysed and found to be over the legal alcohol limit.

Police sources said the incident appeared to be unconnected to last week's attacks in the city, which left 20 people dead.

It came ahead of more funerals for employees of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, who were killed by brothers Said and Cherif Kouachi.

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New Charlie Hebdo Edition A Cathartic Tribute

Written By Unknown on Rabu, 14 Januari 2015 | 16.15

On the eve of publishing their 'survivor's edition', the cartoonists at Charlie Hebdo said: "We are drawing little characters just like children do."

The difference of course is that children's funny sketches stay on a notepad, or perhaps they are stuck onto the family fridge.

Three million copies of this week's Charlie Hebdo are being printed, and will be sold on newsstands around the world.

To the staff their weekly routine of putting it together has been a cathartic process.

They are helping each other grieve for their colleagues while paying tribute to them at the same time.

In the space of a week their niche magazine has become a global symbol for free speech.

And by choosing to depict the Prophet Mohammed on the front page, whatever the sentiment behind it, they offend millions of Muslims around the world.

Opinion is genuinely divided in Paris and not just between different faiths.

Everyone it seems has a view on it, one way or the other. That's because this matters in France - it's their society, their values that are at stake.

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New Footage Of Charlie Hebdo Gun Attack

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New video has emerged of the Paris gunmen on the streets of the city after carrying out their attack on Charlie Hebdo last week.

The footage shows the two masked figures calmly returning to their getaway vehicle after murdering staff at the satirical magazine.

The pair reload their weapons, before one shouts: "We have avenged the Prophet Mohammed, we have killed Charlie Hebdo."

It then shows the gunmen firing on a police car as they made their escape.

The vehicle, lights flashing, is forced to reverse at speed as the killers get out of their own car, aim their weapons and open fire.

The fundamentalist brothers Said and Cherif Kouachi killed 12 people in last Wednesday's deadly attack on Charlie Hebdo, including two policemen.

One of the officers was shot at point-blank range as he lay wounded on the ground.

Their accomplice, Amedy Coulibaly, gunned down a police officer before killing four people in a Jewish supermarket in the French capital.

All three died in shoot-outs with police on Friday.

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Gallery: Funerals For Paris Attacks Victims

Police officers carry the coffins draped in the French flag of the three police officers killed in the recent terror attacks in Paris, at the city's police headquarters

The coffin of French police officer Ahmed Merabet, 40, is carried by colleagues

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The coffins of the three officers killed are placed in the courtyard of the police headquarters

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French President Francois Hollande holds a medal in front of the coffin of late police officer Clarissa Jean-Philippe

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Mr Hollande (L) and Malek Merabet (C), the brother of late police officer Ahmed Merabet, shake hands at the ceremony

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In the wake of the atrocities, France's Prime Minister has announced he would seek tighter surveillance of convicted extremists, amid reports the weapons used to kill 17 people came from outside the country.

Manuel Valls said "serious and very high risks remain" and warned the French not to let down their guard.

Christophe Crepin, a French police union representative, said several people were being sought in connection with the "substantial" financing of the attacks.

The funding and logistics involved indicated an organised network, he said.

French police say as many as six members of the terror cell behind the attacks may still be at large

The Bulgarian authorities said they had arrested a French citizen, Fritz-Joly Joachin, believed to have links to one of the Kouachi brothers.

Meanwhile, funerals have taken place in Paris and Jerusalem for some of the 17 killed in the terror attacks, including the three murdered police officers.

And the magazine targeted by the terrorists is preparing for its biggest ever print run of its special 'survivor's edition'.

Three million copies will be printed of the latest issue, which will have a cartoon of the Prophet Mohammed on its front cover.

Charlie Hebdo staff said they wanted to show they would not "cede" to extremists trying to silence them.

The head of Europol has warned up to 5,000 EU nationals pose a potential terrorist threat to Europe after travelling overseas to countries like Syria.

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Written By Unknown on Selasa, 13 Januari 2015 | 16.15

The health facilities in remote parts of Sierra Leone are barely functioning with no concrete sign that the Ebola virus has been beaten.

In parts of the country like Kono district on the eastern border with Guinea, the people are feeling desperate and, in many cases, forgotten.

Until this week, Kono has no ebola treatment centre or testing facilities of its own. That meant that those suspected of contracting the virus had to travel several hours to neighbouring Kenema district for medical help - or even confirmation of the deadly disease. It is impossible to know how many people could have been infected or died en route.

Now though, there is a 48-bed facility near Koidu, the Kono district capital, and a testing laboratory will mean those with worrying symptoms can be diagnosed within five to six hours.

It should make an enormous difference but the delay is probably responsible for the latest outbreak of fresh cases (although sadly for Sierra Leoneans this is not confined to Kono).

The latest data from the World Health Organisation (WHO) shows that there were nearly 600 confirmed Ebola cases in the country in the two weeks up until the end of the first week of January, more than double the numbers in Guinea and Liberia combined.

The Sky News team travelled the nine-hour journey to Kono district and discovered frantic work being done by WHO and UN aid agencies to shore up the health facilities but for many in the area, it is help which has come too late.

At Kono district hospital in Koidu, we found few nursing staff and few patients: everyone is too scared to go to the hospital or fear of catching the disease.

Two nursing staff in the maternity ward alone have died in the past week and we found few medical supplies and little protective clothing available to those staff who are still going to work.

In the 185-bed hospital, only fifteen patients are being treated and those we spoke to complained the nurses would not tend to them.

Almost as soon as we entered the hospital we found the corpse of a man laying on the floor of an empty ward.

We were told by other patients he had arrived at the hospital five days earlier but the staff suspected he had Ebola and he was directed to an empty ward and left there.

He lay there on the floor untended, ignored and unfed. We were told about him late on Saturday night but by the time we arrived early on Sunday morning, he was dead.

Nineteen-year-old Amanita Jeremiah arrived - in labour - and moaning in agony. But when she arrived at the labour unit, the overnight nurse warned everyone to be careful about contact with her because "her eyes are red and she could have Ebola".

She then went home and left the teenager in the charge of a traditional birth attendant, who had brought her to the hospital, and the hospital cleaner. Neither of them had any formal medical training. The cleaner also operated as a Traditional Birth Attendant, a role which is usually one of support for women giving birth at home and relies on cultural and traditional methods re childbirth, in her community.

Neither woman had sufficient protective clothing. One of the ways Ebola is transmitted is through bodily fluids like blood and birthing mothers who have the virus are therefore especially dangerous. The Sky News team offered them our spare safety clothing.

Amanita spent the next three hours writhing around in agony. At one stage, the cleaner used the remaining two phials of medicine in the maternity ward stocks to try to kickstart the labour. Amanita went into convulsions and had to be held down by both women who looked terrified.

Finally a nursing assistant arrived. Again we had to provide some of our spare protective clothing.

Just as the baby was being born, the cleaner fainted. She had been in her protective suit for nearly three hours. The recommended time for wearing the PPE is about 90 minutes - although many aid agencies enforce a 45-minute rule because of the suffocating heat in Sierra Leone.

Baby Emmanuel's arrival was greeted initially with elation - but he is now the latest Ebola suspect and until the disease is ruled out, he is potentially a lethal health risk.

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Paris Siege Survivor's Dramatic TV Interview

A graphic designer who hid in a cupboard under a sink while the Kouachi brothers held his boss hostage said his heart "stopped beating" at one point during the ordeal.

Lilian Lepere was working at a print company in Dammartin-en-Goele when Cherif and Said Kouachi laid siege to the building after killing 12 people in Paris.

The 27-year-old broke down in tears while recounting his ordeal to French television station France 2; the first interview he has given since the drama ended.

"One of (the brothers) came and opened a cupboard next to mine," he said. "Inside he found nothing interesting to him. Then he went towards the fridge.

"He asked his accomplice if he wanted to drink something and he responded 'No, and this isn't a time for that'.

"I thought that… if he is looking for something, for food supplies, he will look through all the cupboards.

"So he went towards the fridge and came back towards the place I was hidden in and he drinks (some water) just over my head.

"He was drinking just above me. I could hear water flowing just over my head, because my head is next to the washbasin. I can see his shadow through the opening between doors.

"I moved a little bit. My back was stuck against the pipe which was leaking. I felt water flowing; a surreal moment, completely surreal, and I said to myself 'it's like in a film. We only see that in films'.

"The brain stops thinking, heart stops beating, breath is stopped and you wait, because that is the only thing you can do."

The print firm's boss Michel Catalano told Mr Lepere to hide in the back of the building when he saw the gunmen arriving, allowing him to feed vital information to the police.

Despite hardly being able to move in the confined space, Mr Lepere described the moment he reached for his mobile phone and texted his mother who contacted police.

"It's not big. Imagine something like 70 cm by 90 cm and approximately 50 cm deep. If you move on one side you might open the door and on the other you hit the wall. So you don't move.

"At some point I told myself I should go for it, even if it makes a noise. Phones were ringing here and there in the company, so those noisy moments allowed me to move.

"I was saying that to myself to give me some hope. And after some time, after fifteen minutes, I was able to reach my mobile phone.

"At that point I knew I was in contact with the outside world and it was really good for morale. From that point everything was done between my phone and my mother's phone."

Mr Lepere's mother passed her phone to police who communicated with her son for the duration of the siege.

It was through this series of text messages that police were able to coordinate their plan to begin the assault on the Kouachi brothers.

"(The police) were using only one phone to communicate (with me) and I was able to give them as much information as I could using my ears and feelings," he said.

After eight hours, as night drew in, police launched their attack killing both brothers and ending three days of terror.

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Man With 'Links To Paris Gunman' Arrested

A man arrested in Bulgaria was in contact with one of the men who carried out attacks in Paris last week, prosecutors say.

Fritz-Joly Joachin, 29, a French citizen of Haitian origin "was in contact several times with one of the two brothers - Cherif Kouachi," public prosecutor Darina Slavova told AFP news agency.

He was arrested on January 1 while trying to cross into Turkey.

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Wife Of Charlie Hebdo Gunman Condemns Attack

Written By Unknown on Senin, 12 Januari 2015 | 16.15

The wife of Cherif Kouachi, one of the brothers who attacked the offices of Charlie Hebdo in Paris, has condemned his actions and offered condolences to victims.

Izzana Hamyd had been detained by investigators for 72 hours after Wednesday's act of terror, and "expressed her indignation and condemnation of violence" to officers.

According to the young woman's lawyer, Christian Saint-Palais, her response to the shootings "was the same reaction as that of the entire nation", as she was "stupefied" by the attack. Ms Hamyd has now been released from custody.

Speaking at a unity rally in Paris attended by more than a million people on Sunday, Mr Saint-Palais claimed his client was never given any indication that Cherif Kouachi, and his brother Said, were planning to invade the offices of the satirical magazine.

After killing a dozen people - including two policemen - the Kouachi brothers went on the run for 48 hours before being tracked down at a printing warehouse northeast of Paris. They were killed after opening fire with officers.

Meanwhile, the mother and sisters of a jihadist gunman who killed four hostages at a kosher supermarket in eastern Paris have also released a statement.

Amedy Coulibaly's family said: "We absolutely do not share these extreme ideas. We hope there will not be any confusion between these odious acts and the Muslim religion."

The search for Coulibaly's "armed and dangerous" girlfriend, Hayat Boumeddiene, continues - but intelligence officials believe that she travelled to Syria via Turkey before France's three days of terror began.

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Gallery: Unity March Over France Attacks

Huge crowds are gathering for the unity march in Paris, in protest at this week's terror attacks. Continue through for more images...

Dozens of world leaders, including David Cameron, are taking part in the march

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France: Police Deployed To Jewish Schools

France has deployed nearly 5,000 police to protect Jewish schools in the wake of the terror attacks in Paris.

Addressing parents of a Jewish school south of the capital, Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said soldiers would also be posted as reinforcements.

It comes as the country's Prime Minister, Manuel Valls, said that one of the three gunmen who killed 17 people in the capital "undoubtedly" had an accomplice and vowed to continue the hunt.

Amedy Coulibaly, who killed a policewoman and then four Jewish shoppers at a kosher supermarket, likely received help from someone else, Mr Valls said, pledging "the hunt will go on".

Mr Valls said the search is urgent because "the threat is still present", and he added in an interview with BFM television that France is at war against "terrorism, against jihadism, against radical Islam".

President Francois Hollande is due to chair a crisis meeting with cabinet ministers later on Monday to discuss security measures after the attacks raised questions for the country's intelligence service.

Brothers Said and Cherif Kouachi - who attacked the offices of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo and were eventually killed at a printing works north of Paris - and Coulibaly all had a history of extremism and were known to French intelligence.

Video has emerged of Coulibaly defending the attacks and pledging allegiance to Islamic State.

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Gallery: Commandos Storm Supermarket

Pic: @conflictnews

Explosions rang out at the scene

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Paris Attacker 'Undoubtedly' Had Accomplice

The man who killed four shoppers in a hostage stand-off in Paris "undoubtedly" had an accomplice, France's Prime Minister says.

Manuel Valls said "the hunt will go on" for the person who helped Amedy Coulibaly, who shot dead a policewoman in southern Paris before beginning the drama at the kosher supermarket.

The 32-year-old was fatally shot with at least 40 bullets as the siege came to a violent end.

Investigators have been trying to find his partner, 26-year-old Hayat Boumeddiene, but Turkey's foreign minister, Mevlut Cavusoglu, said she crossed into Syria from the country on January 8.

She arrived in an Istanbul airport on January 2 from Madrid, before the attacks, and stayed in a hotel.

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Gallery: Faces Of Paris Suspects And Victims

Hayat Boumeddiene, 26, is a suspect in the murder of a Paris policewoman on Thursday. She is on the run after her husband Amedy Coulibaly was killed when armed officers brought his kosher supermarket siege to a violent end

Her husband Amedy Coulibaly, 32

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Supermarket Gunman Condemned By His Family

Written By Unknown on Minggu, 11 Januari 2015 | 16.15

Supermarket Gunman Condemned By His Family

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The family of slain terrorist Amedy Coulibaly - who targeted a Jewish supermarket in Paris - have condemned his killing spree.

The 32-year-old's mother and sisters spoke out against his attacks, offering their "sincere condolences" to the families of his victims in a statement.

They said: "We condemn these acts. We absolutely do not share these extreme ideas.

"We hope there will not be any confusion between these odious acts and the Muslim religion."

Coulibaly was killed by police on Friday after storming the grocer in the Porte de Vincennes area of Paris, where he shot four hostages dead.

His victims were named as Yoav Hattab, Philippe Braham, Yohan Cohen and François-Michel Saada.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has encouraged Jews in France to emigrate to Israel following the attacks that left 17 dead, was among the first to pay tribute to the four men.

He said: "We express our deep sorrow for our Jewish brothers who were murdered simply because they were Jews.

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Gallery: Faces Of French Terror Victims

Charlie Hebdo editor Stephane Charbonnier, 47, had received death threats in the past and was living under police protection. Known as Charb, He and his nine colleagues, along with the two policemen were killed at the Charlie Hebdo offices in Paris

Bernard Maris, 68, was an economist and contributor to Charlie Hebdo. He also held shares in the magazine

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Jean Cabut, known by his pen name Cabu, was famous for a number of his characters - particularly Mon Beauf - a caricature of an ignorant, racist, sexist Frenchman. His cartoons were first published in Paris newspapers in 1954. Cabu was 76

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Bernard Velhac, 58, was a cartoonist at Charlie Hebdo. Known as Tignous (little pest) he was a member of the group Cartoonists for Peace

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Georges Wolinski began his career as a political cartoonist in 1960

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"(To) our brothers and sisters in the Jewish community of France we share your pain at the awful loss."

On Thursday Coulibaly killed a policewoman in Montrouge, south of the city.

He shot Clarissa Jean-Phillipe, 27, in the head as she attended a traffic accident in the middle class suburb.

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Gallery: French Terror Suspects

France's BFMTV showed photos it said were Hayat Boumeddiene and Amedy Coulibaly together on a trip to southern France to visit a an al Qaeda terrorist

Boumeddiene was questioned by police after the trip - she told them the couple had gone for crossbow practice

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He spoke to France's BFMTV during the siege, claiming he was affiliated with Islamic State and telling how he had co-ordinated his attacks with the Kouachi brothers.

Police are hunting his 26-year-old partner Hayat Boumeddiene, who is believed to have travelled to Syria via Turkey in recent days, and may not have been in France when the supermarket siege began.

Coulibaly was the only boy in a family of 10 and by his mid-twenties already had an extensive criminal record and ties to extremist groups.

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Gallery: Hundreds Of Thousands Rally Over Paris Attacks

A huge stream of people, estimated to contain tens of thousands of people, takes to the sea front in Nice

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He met Cherif Kouachi during one of several spells in prison and they saw each other frequently, according to a transcript of a police interview seen by Journal du Dimanche.

He was jailed for five years in 2013 for planning a prison escape for an Algerian Islamist who bombed the Paris underground in 1995, but only served two months.

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