(Reuters) — Two brothers wanted for a bloody attack on the offices of French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo were killed on Friday when anti-terrorist police stormed their hideout, while a second siege ended with the deaths of four hostages. The violent end to the simultaneous stand-offs northeast of Paris and at a Jewish supermarket in the…
(JTA) – The two hostage crises that transfixed France and much of the world on Friday epitomize the problem Islamic radicalism poses in the heart of Europe: They’re a danger to civilized society generally, but especially to Jews. Now it’s time for the authorities to wake up to the problem and confront it, French Jewish…
This is a week for rage and grief. First, radical Islamist gunmen assassinated 10 journalists at the Charlie Hebdo offices in Paris. And as if that were not horrific enough, a second attack at a kosher grocery store, with four people dead. Apparently, simply being Jewish is now as offensive as drawing a cartoon –…
French President Francois Hollande confirmed reports on Friday that four hostages were killed at a siege of a kosher supermarket in eastern Paris. Hollande called for national unity and said the country should remain “implacable” in the face of racism and anti-Semitism. “It is indeed an appalling anti-Semitic act that was committed,” he said of…
Police arrive on the scene of the hostage crisis in eastern Paris.// Laurent-David Samama It was mid-morning when I saw several police cars rushing into my street with their sirens on. Even glimpsed through my window, the situation looked unusual. In light of the recent massacre at Charlie Hebdo, I was suspicious, and headed out…
Two brothers suspected of a bloody attack on the offices of French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo were killed when police stormed their hideout on Friday, while a second siege ended with the deaths of four hostages. The violent end to the simultaneous stand-offs followed a police operation of unprecedented scale as France tackled one of…
(Reuters) — Twelve years ago, one of the two brothers suspected of the shootings at satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo was a young man like many others in France, more interested in girls and smoking dope than defending the Prophet Mohammad. But between 2003, when Cherif Kouachi delivered pizzas and dreamed of being a rap star,…
(Reuters) — Heavily armed anti-terrorism police swooped on woodland villages northeast of Paris on Thursday in a manhunt for two brothers suspected of being the Islamist gunmen who killed 12 people at a French satirical weekly. About two dozen helmetted and masked officers carried out house-to-house searches in the village of Corcy, a few km…
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