Amedy Coulibaly

Amedy Coulibaly
Born(1982-02-27)27 February 1982
Died9 January 2015(2015-01-09) (aged 32)
Paris, France
Cause of deathBallistic trauma
Resting placeIn Muslim section of cemetery in Thiais, France[4]
NationalityFrench
Other namesAbu Basir al-Ifriqi
Abou Bassir Abdallah al-Ifriqi
Doly Gringy[5]
Occupation(s)Unemployed; previously Coca-Cola worker[6]
Known for
Criminal statusConvicted; Released early, in March 2014
SpouseHayat Boumeddiene
Allegiance Islamic State
Criminal chargeRobbery, drug trafficking, assisting plot to break out Islamist terrorist from prison (December 2013)
PenaltyFive years in prison
Capture status
Killed
Partner(s)Saïd and Chérif Kouachi
Details
Date8–9 January 2015
Location(s)
Target(s)
  • Patrons of kosher supermarket
  • Police officer
Killed5
Injured10
Weapons

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]

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  2. ^ Chazan, David (17 January 2015). "Charlie Hebdo attack: French police investigate whether there was a fourth Paris gunman". The Daily Telegraph.
  3. ^ "Charlie Hebdo shooting: Amedy Coulibaly linked to attack on jogger after magazine massacre". ABC News. 11 January 2015. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ "France: Raids kill 3 suspects, including 2 wanted in Charlie Hebdo attack". CNN. 9 January 2015. Retrieved 18 July 2022 – via CBS 58.
  6. ^ "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.
  7. ^ "Dabiq Magazine Issue 7 - From Hypocrisy to Apostasy" (PDF). Clarion Project. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 February 2015. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
  8. ^ Gauthier-Villars, David; Fitch, Asa; Abdulrahim, Raja (12 January 2015). "Islamic State Releases Video Calling Grocery Store Gunman Its 'Soldier'". The Wall Street Journal.
  9. ^ "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.
  10. ^ Onyanga-Omara, Jane (11 January 2015). "Video shows Paris gunman pledging allegiance to Islamic State". USA Today.

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