Victims Of Paris Kosher Deli Terror Attack Identified

Running for the lives, the hostages holed up in the grocery store for most of yesterday included young families, women and children. Photo: vantagenews.co.uk



Lassana Bathily (pictured) put his own life at risk to protect people from Islamic fanatic Amedy Coulibaly.

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The son of a chief Rabbi, a teacher, a pensioner and a shop worker saving for his marriage have been revealed as the kosher deli hostages killed by Jew-hating jihadist - one of whom was executed when he grabbed one of terrorist's guns.
Yohan Cohen, 22, Yoav Hattab, 21 and Philippe Braham, in his forties, have been pictured 24 hours after the siege came to a climax as armed police raided the Jewish grocery in Paris.
Another hostage, François-Michel Saada, thought to be in his sixties, was also murdered in the attack by Islamic terrorist Amedy Coulibaly, French Jewish organisation Crif confirmed.
It has emerged that Mr Cohen, 22, from Sarcelles in the northern suburbs of Paris, had been working at Hyper Cacher for a year to pay for his future wedding to girlfriend Sharon Seb.
She posted on Facebook saying: 'Je suis Yohan.' And later, in an emotional tribute to her boyfriend, she wrote: 'What am I going to do without you? How am I going to live without you? Why you?
'My life is ruined without you. I will never achieve anything now. I need you in my life. We had so many plans.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2903950/First-chilling-image-shows-murdered-hostage-dramatic-standoff-ends-deaths-terororist-four-captives.html

The chief rabbi's son, shop worker saving for his marriage, teacher and pensioner: Faces of kosher deli hostages killed by Jew-hating jihadist - one of whom was executed when he grabbed one of terrorist's guns and it JAMMED
Pictures of kosher deli hostages Yohan Cohen, 22, Yoav Hattab, 21, and Philippe Braham have been revealed
Francois-Michel Saada, thought to be in his sixties, was also murdered in attack by terrorist Amedy Coulibaly
One hostage was executed when he grabbed one of Jew-hating terrorist's guns and it jammed
Dramatic account revealed by a survivor reveals that Coulibaly then shot and killed the customer in cold blood
Survivor - known only as Mickael B, was trapped inside the Jewish supermarket with his three-year-old son
Hostage taker Coulibaly, 32, was responsible for shooting dead a policewoman on Thursday
Series of explosions rocked the building as armed police launched their raid which freed 15 hostages
Siege came two days after Cherif and Said Kouachi massacred 12 people at Charlie Hebdo offices in Paris
500 phone calls were made between Coulibaly's wife Hayat Boumeddiene and one of the Kouachi brothers's wives
But France's most wanted woman Boumeddiene has fled to Syria, taking a flight from Madrid to Istanbul
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By GEMMA MULLIN and COREY CHARLTON and PETER ALLEN and TOM WYKE and JAY AKBAR and JULIAN ROBINSON and FIDELMA COOK and MARTIN BECKFORD and ANDY YOUNG FOR THE MAIL ON SUNDAY
PUBLISHED: 16:11 EST, 9 January 2015 | UPDATED: 17:53 EST, 10 January 2015

Wife Of Terrorist Killed In Paris Deli May Be In Syria

Terrified: Hostages - who had been held for hours with Coulibaly threatening to kill them - flee from the shop, crying with relief.

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But it’s becoming clear that the one-time cashier was radicalised after meeting the man she would marry.
She is from an Algerian background and altered her surname to ‘make it sound more French', according to an investigating source.
She told police who interviewed her as part of their inquiries into Coulibaly’s murky dealings with Islamic extremists that she had walked away from a low-paid job as a cashier in the Juvisy suburb of Paris in 2009 and taken the veil. She ‘devoted herself’ to Coulibay.
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Interrogated by police in 2010, Boumeddiene said she was inspired by her husband and the radicals she lived with to ‘read a lot of books on religion and because of this, I came to ask questions on religion.’
‘When I saw the massacre of the innocents in Palestine, in Iraq, in Chetchna, in Afghanistan or anywhere the Americans sent their bombers, all that…well, who are the terrorists?'
She added that when Americans killed innocents, it was the right of men to defend their women and children.
Always cool and composed, Boumeddiene never wavered under police cross examination.
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When told that they knew she and Coulbaly had visited Beghal at the same time as Cherif Kouachi and two other convicted terrorists, jihadi recruiter Ahmed Laidouni, and Farid Melouk of GIA, she replied: 'We went there for crossbow practice.’
The couple lived in nearby Bagneux, where they were known as devoutly religious couple, despite Coulibay’s regular run-ins with the law.
To neighbours the pair were quiet, respectful and normal and had even gone on a holiday to Malaysia together.
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Said was freed after questioning by police, but – like his brother – was known to have been radicalised after the Iraq War of 2003, when Anglo-American forces deposed Saddam Hussein.
Both brothers were said to be infuriated by the killing of Muslims by western soldiers and war planes.
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The Kouachi brothers, who are orphans, were radicalised by an Iman operating in northern Paris.
They were raised in foster care in Rennes, in western France, with Cherif training as a fitness instructor before moving to Paris.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2903601/Wife-Kosher-supermarket-killer-armed-dangerous-run-police-warn.html

From bikini babe to burka-clad jihadi fighter with a crossbow: 'Wife' of Kosher supermarket killer becomes France's most wanted woman after going on the run
Hayat Boumeddiene, 26, is the 'wife' of Amedy Coulibaly, who killed a policewoman and four hostages in a kosher bakery
Coulibaly was then killed as commandos stormed building
But accomplice Boumeddiene is on the loose and police warn she is dangerous
Brothers Said and Cherif Kouachi also killed as they tried to fight their way out of a print works 25 miles from Paris
By FIDELMA COOK and PETER ALLEN IN FRANCE and JENNY STANTON FOR MAILONLINE
PUBLISHED: 11:36 EST, 9 January 2015 | UPDATED: 21:09 EST, 9 January 2015

Some Background On Dead Paris Kosher Market Terrror Suspect

Amedy Coulibaly (Getty Images)


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Amedy Coulibaly was born in 1982 in the Paris suburb of Juvisy-sur-Orge as the only boy in a family of 10 children, according to French media citing police reports. He spent time in and out of prison starting in 2001, when he was convicted for robbery. French police believe he converted to radical Islam while in prison for armed robbery in 2005, the same time he met Sharif Kouachi in prison, French media reported, citing police investigative files. The two men became devoted followers of Djamel Beghal, a French-Algerian man with ties to al-Qaeda who was convicted of plotting in 2001 to blow up the U.S. Embassy in Paris.
When Coulibaly was freed in 2006, he took a job at a Coca-Cola factory outside Paris. French security services apparently deemed him safe enough to meet French President Nicolas Sarkozy in 2009,

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2015/01/09/who-is-kosher-market-suspect-amedy-coulibaly/

Who is kosher market suspect Amedy Coulibaly?
By Michael Birnbaum
January 9, 2015 at 1:03 PM

Paris Police Order Jewish Shops Closed After Hostage Killings in Kosher Shopc

Paris Police Prefecture / AP

Paris police released a photo of Amedy Coulibaly, suspected of holding at least five hostages inside a kosher grocery store, and a second suspect, a woman named Hayet Boumddiene, who a police official said is the market gunman's accomplice. Coulibaly is believed responsible for the roadside killing of a Paris policewoman on Thursday.
 
http://news.sky.com/story/1405106/hostages-killed-in-paris-supermarket-siege

'Hostages Killed' In Paris Supermarket Siege
Commandos storm a supermarket in eastern Paris as a deadly siege leaves a number of hostages dead.
18:25, UK,
Friday 09 January 2015

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Police have ordered all shops closed in a famed Jewish neighborhood in central Paris, far from the two developing hostage situations.
The mayor's office in Paris announced the closures Friday of shops along the Rosiers street in Paris' Marais neighborhood, in the heart of the tourist district

http://news.yahoo.com/police-order-shops-closed-jewish-area-central-paris-145045886.html

Police order shops closed in Jewish area in central Paris
 
January 9, 2015

Teens Vandalize Jewish Deli In Brooklyn, NY

Vandals: Teens knocked all of the candies and cookies off of the counter and pocketed some as they continued to terrorize the owners at the Gourmet Deli in Crown Heights.

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A group of teenagers vandalized a Brooklyn deli on Saturday night after leaving a raucous party nearby, said police.
Surveillance footage of the event shows the teens storming the entrance of Gourmet Butcher, a deli in crown heights at just after 9pm.
The young vandals can be seen knocking over shelves in the front of the store and grabbing armfuls of candy as they threw storage on the ground.
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NBC reports that owners at the deli, which is a kosher establishment, say that teenagers have come in before yelling antisemitic language.
Police say that there is no indication that the incident was a hate crime and they are not investigating it as one.
When police responded to a call from the deli one 23-year-old man reported being assaulted.
Police have observed the surveillance footage but haven't been able to identify any suspects.
'I don’t want to think how it could end if it there wasn't a few people in the store,'said Klein to dnainfo.com.
'We’re trying to make a living here and it’s very scary to be insecure,' he said.
Local leaders, including Borough President Eric L. Adams, are planning to hold a news conference today about the attack

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2792469/teenage-vandals-swarm-brooklyn-deli-yelling-anti-semitic-language-destroying-700-worth-candies-cookies.html

Teenage vandals swarm Brooklyn deli while yelling 'anti-Semitic' slurs and destroy $700 worth of 'candies and cookies'
Surveillance footage of the event shows the teens storming the entrance of Gourmet Butcher, a deli in crown heights at just after 9pm
It 'happened in seconds,' said deli owner Yanki Klein who says they destroyed between $500 and $700 worth of goods
One 23-year-old reported being assaulted during the attack
Owners at the deli, which is a kosher establishment, say that teenagers have come in before yelling anti-Semitic language
Police are not investigating the event as a hate crime
By ALEXANDRA KLAUSNER FOR MAILONLINE
Daily Mail (UK)
PUBLISHED: 09:05 EST, 14 October 2014 | UPDATED: 09:50 EST, 14 October 2014

Disappearing Kosher Delis

http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-10-20/endangered-sandwiches-list/?cid=topic:featured1#

Endangered Sandwiches List
by Samuel P. Jacobs
Daily Beast
October 20, 2009