January 2015 Île-de-France attacks
| January 2015 Île-de-France attacks | |
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Rally in support of the victims of the 2015 Charlie Hebdo shooting | |
| Location | Charlie Hebdo shooting: 10 Rue Nicolas-Appert, 11th arrondissement of Paris, France Dammartin-en-Goële hostage crisis: Dammartin-en-Goële, France Fontenay-aux-Roses shooting: Fontenay-aux-Roses, France Montrouge shooting: Corner of Avenue Pierre Brossolette and Avenue de la Paix in Montrouge, France Hypercacher kosher supermarket siege: in Porte de Vincennes, Paris, France |
| Date | 7 January 2015 11:30 CET –9 January 2015 18:35 CET (UTC+01:00) |
| Target | Charlie Hebdo employees, police officers, kosher grocery and citizens in and around Paris |
Attack type | Mass shooting, Islamic terrorism, hostage crisis |
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| Deaths | 20 total:
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| Injured | 22 total:
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| Perpetrators | Saïd and Chérif Kouachi, Amedy Coulibaly |
perpetrators, perps.From 7 to 9 January 2015, terrorist attacks occurred across the Île-de-France region, particularly in Paris and most prominently at the offices of the magazine Charlie Hebdo. Three assailants killed a total of 17 people in 3 shooting attacks; the attackers were then killed by police. The attacks also wounded 22 others. Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) claimed responsibility and said that the coordinated attacks had been planned for years. The claim of responsibility for the Charlie Hebdo shooting came in a video showing AQAP commander Nasser bin Ali al-Ansi, with gunmen in the background who were later identified as brothers Chérif and Saïd Kouachi, perpetrators of the Charlie Hebdo shooting. However, while authorities say the video is authentic, there is no proof that AQAP helped to carry out the attacks. Amedy Coulibaly, who carried out the Montrouge shooting and the Hypercacher kosher supermarket siege, claimed that he belonged to ISIS before he was killed.
On 16 December 2020, 14 people, including Coulibaly's accomplice Hayat Boumeddiene, were convicted of involvement in the Île-de-France attacks. Boumeddiene, who was tried in absentia with 2 other defendants, was given a 30-year prison sentence for financing terrorism and belonging to a criminal terrorist network.