Amedy Coulibaly
Malian-French prime suspect in the Montrouge shooting / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Amedy Coulibaly (French pronunciation: [amɛdi kulibali]; 27 February 1982 – 9 January 2015), also known by the nom de guerre (kunya) Abu Basir al-Ifriqi (Arabic: أبو بصير الإفريقي)[7] was a Malian-French man who was the prime suspect in the Montrouge shooting, in which municipal police officer Clarissa Jean-Philippe was shot and killed, and was the hostage-taker and gunman in the Hypercacher Kosher Supermarket siege, in which he killed four hostages before being fatally shot by police.
Amedy Coulibaly | |
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Born | (1982-02-27)27 February 1982 Juvisy-sur-Orge, Essonne, France |
Died | 9 January 2015(2015-01-09) (aged 32) Paris, France |
Cause of death | Ballistic trauma |
Resting place | In Muslim section of cemetery in Thiais, France[1] |
Nationality | French |
Other names | Abu Basir al-Ifriqi Abou Bassir Abdallah al-Ifriqi Doly Gringy[2] |
Occupation(s) | Unemployed; previously Coca-Cola worker[3] |
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Criminal status | Convicted; Released early, in March 2014 |
Spouse | Hayat Boumeddiene |
Allegiance | Islamic State |
Criminal charge | Robbery, drug trafficking, assisting plot to break out Islamist terrorist from prison (December 2013) |
Penalty | Five years in prison |
Capture status | Killed |
Partner(s) | Saïd and Chérif Kouachi |
Details | |
Date | 8–9 January 2015 |
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Killed | 5 |
Injured | 10 |
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He was a close friend of Saïd and Chérif Kouachi, the gunmen in the Charlie Hebdo shooting, to which Coulibaly's shootings were connected. He said he synchronized his attacks with the Kouachi brothers.[8][9] Coulibaly had pledged allegiance to the Islamic State.[10]