The search continues for
the Charlie Hebdo attackers
The manhunt continues for two of the Charlie Hebdo attackers who wounded 11 people and killed 12 people during the mid-day hours in Paris, France.
The attackers, Cherif Kouachi and Said Kouachi, are brothers who were born and raised in France.
Another suspect, Mourad Hamyd, is Cherif Kouachi’s step-brother. Yesterday, Hamyd turned himself in to police and denied any involvement in the attacks.
The BBC reported that Cherif Kouachi and Said Kouachi robbed a gas station and fled in a stolen car.
The two then ditched the stolen car and fled on foot. There are 80,000 military and police officers searching for the two attackers.
According to reports, the attackers targeted Charlie Hebdo because of the magazine’s depiction of the Islamic Prophet Mohammad.
In 2006, the magazine published an image of the Prophet Mohammad with a caption that read “It’s hard being loved by jerks.”
The magazine was sued by the Grand Mosque, Muslim World League, and the Union of French Islamic Organizations (UOIF) which argued that the magazine’s depiction of a central figure in Islamic culture was not an expression of free speech but of racism.
The court ruled in Charlie Hebdo’s favor. In 2011, the magazine’s offices were firebombed after the magazine published an image of the Prophet Mohammad kissing a Charlie Hebdo cartoonist with the caption, “Love stronger than hate.”
A witness to the attacks on Wednesday told France 24 that one of the attackers shouted, “Hey! We avenged the Prophet Muhammad! We killed Charlie Hebdo.”
The Local reported that one of the attackers, Cherif Kouachi, has a criminal record that resulted from his associations with radical Islamic groups.
Cherif Kouachi was given a three year prison sentence after he was caught trying to board a plane in order to join Al Qaeda in the early 2000s.
Cherif Kouachi was also a suspect in a case involving the training of jihadist, and a failed prison escape of an Algerian Armed Islamic Group member.
And based on reports from France 24, one of the attackers has connections to Al Qaeda in Yemen.
Cedric Le Bechec, a witness to the attacks on Wednesday, told France 24 that one of the attackers said, “You can tell the media that it’s al Qaeda in Yemen.”
The recent terrorist attacks in France are one among many that have occurred within the past couple of months.
Last year, a radical Islamists killed a Canadian soldier at the National War Memorial. Two people were killed at an Australian cafe after a radical Islamist clergyman, who was also killed, took them hostage. And in New York, a radical Islamist attacked two New York Police officers with an ax.
The attacks against Westerns increased after the U.S. led coalition began airstrikes against the radical Islamic group, the Islamic State (IS), in Iraq and Syria.
IS warned that if the U.S. led coalition airstrikes did not end, then it would begin killing westerners.
The group has killed two American journalists and an aide worker. IS has come out in support of the recent attacks in France.
The attackers, Cherif Kouachi and Said Kouachi, are brothers who were born and raised in France.
Another suspect, Mourad Hamyd, is Cherif Kouachi’s step-brother. Yesterday, Hamyd turned himself in to police and denied any involvement in the attacks.
The BBC reported that Cherif Kouachi and Said Kouachi robbed a gas station and fled in a stolen car.
The two then ditched the stolen car and fled on foot. There are 80,000 military and police officers searching for the two attackers.
According to reports, the attackers targeted Charlie Hebdo because of the magazine’s depiction of the Islamic Prophet Mohammad.
In 2006, the magazine published an image of the Prophet Mohammad with a caption that read “It’s hard being loved by jerks.”
The magazine was sued by the Grand Mosque, Muslim World League, and the Union of French Islamic Organizations (UOIF) which argued that the magazine’s depiction of a central figure in Islamic culture was not an expression of free speech but of racism.
The court ruled in Charlie Hebdo’s favor. In 2011, the magazine’s offices were firebombed after the magazine published an image of the Prophet Mohammad kissing a Charlie Hebdo cartoonist with the caption, “Love stronger than hate.”
A witness to the attacks on Wednesday told France 24 that one of the attackers shouted, “Hey! We avenged the Prophet Muhammad! We killed Charlie Hebdo.”
The Local reported that one of the attackers, Cherif Kouachi, has a criminal record that resulted from his associations with radical Islamic groups.
Cherif Kouachi was given a three year prison sentence after he was caught trying to board a plane in order to join Al Qaeda in the early 2000s.
Cherif Kouachi was also a suspect in a case involving the training of jihadist, and a failed prison escape of an Algerian Armed Islamic Group member.
And based on reports from France 24, one of the attackers has connections to Al Qaeda in Yemen.
Cedric Le Bechec, a witness to the attacks on Wednesday, told France 24 that one of the attackers said, “You can tell the media that it’s al Qaeda in Yemen.”
The recent terrorist attacks in France are one among many that have occurred within the past couple of months.
Last year, a radical Islamists killed a Canadian soldier at the National War Memorial. Two people were killed at an Australian cafe after a radical Islamist clergyman, who was also killed, took them hostage. And in New York, a radical Islamist attacked two New York Police officers with an ax.
The attacks against Westerns increased after the U.S. led coalition began airstrikes against the radical Islamic group, the Islamic State (IS), in Iraq and Syria.
IS warned that if the U.S. led coalition airstrikes did not end, then it would begin killing westerners.
The group has killed two American journalists and an aide worker. IS has come out in support of the recent attacks in France.
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