Amedy Coulibaly | |
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| Born | 27 February 1982 Juvisy-sur-Orge, Essonne, France |
| Died | 9 January 2015 (aged 32) Paris, France |
| Cause of death | Ballistic trauma |
| Resting place | In Muslim section of cemetery in Thiais, France[4] |
| Nationality | French |
| Other names | Abu Basir al-Ifriqi Abou Bassir Abdallah al-Ifriqi Doly Gringy[5] |
| Occupation(s) | Unemployed; previously Coca-Cola worker[6] |
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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 |
| Accomplice(s) | Saïd and Chérif Kouachi |
| Details | |
| Date | 7–9 January 2015 |
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| Killed | 5 |
| Injured | 11 |
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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.
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]
- ^ Duquet, Nils; Kbiltsetskhlashvili, Nino; Khan, Isthiaq & Woods, Eric (3 October 2019). Armed To Kill: A comprehensive analysis of the guns used in public mass shootings in Europe between 2009 and 2018 (PDF) (Report). Brussels: Flemish Peace Institute. ISBN 978-9-07886-497-4. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
- ^ Chazan, David (17 January 2015). "Charlie Hebdo attack: French police investigate whether there was a fourth Paris gunman". The Daily Telegraph.
- ^ "Charlie Hebdo shooting: Amedy Coulibaly linked to attack on jogger after magazine massacre". ABC News. 11 January 2015. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
- ^ "Kosher deli Islamist Amedy Coulibaly is buried in the Muslim section of Paris cemetery". Colorado Newsday. 23 January 2015. Archived from the original on 28 January 2015. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
- ^ "France: Raids kill 3 suspects, including 2 wanted in Charlie Hebdo attack". CNN. 9 January 2015. Retrieved 18 July 2022 – via CBS 58.
- ^ "Charlie Hebdo Paris: Hayat Boumeddiene on the run after hostage siege and shootings in kosher grocery store". News.com.au. 10 January 2015. Archived from the original on 31 March 2015.
- ^ "Dabiq Magazine Issue 7 - From Hypocrisy to Apostasy" (PDF). Clarion Project. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 February 2015. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
- ^ Gauthier-Villars, David; Fitch, Asa; Abdulrahim, Raja (12 January 2015). "Islamic State Releases Video Calling Grocery Store Gunman Its 'Soldier'". The Wall Street Journal.
- ^ "Le suspect de Montrouge, Amedy Coulibaly, était bien le tireur de Vincennes" [The suspect of Montrouge, Amedy Coulibaly, was indeed the shooter of Vincennes]. Le Monde (in French). 9 January 2015.
- ^ Onyanga-Omara, Jane (11 January 2015). "Video shows Paris gunman pledging allegiance to Islamic State". USA Today.