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| Charlie Hebdo: Muslim police officer killed in Paris attack commemorated with #JeSuisAhmed | Charlie Hebdo: Muslim police officer killed in Paris attack commemorated with #JeSuisAhmed |
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| After the hashtag #JeSuisCharlie has been trending on Twitter since the attack on the offices of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, one has been set up to show solidarity with the Muslim policeman who was killed. | After the hashtag #JeSuisCharlie has been trending on Twitter since the attack on the offices of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, one has been set up to show solidarity with the Muslim policeman who was killed. |
| Among the 12 that were killed on Wednesday – including cartoonists, journalists, staff and visitors to the controversial publication that published images of Prophet Mohamed – was 42-year-old officer Ahmed Merabet who died after being shot by masked gunmen while he was patrolling the streets outside. | Among the 12 that were killed on Wednesday – including cartoonists, journalists, staff and visitors to the controversial publication that published images of Prophet Mohamed – was 42-year-old officer Ahmed Merabet who died after being shot by masked gunmen while he was patrolling the streets outside. |
| Social media users claimed that rather than or as well as claiming #JeSuisCharlie – meaning “I am Charlie” – they identified with Mr Merabet, from Livry-Gargan in north eastern Paris, who is believed to have died while protecting those who exercised freedom of speech. | Social media users claimed that rather than or as well as claiming #JeSuisCharlie – meaning “I am Charlie” – they identified with Mr Merabet, from Livry-Gargan in north eastern Paris, who is believed to have died while protecting those who exercised freedom of speech. |
| The Charlie Hebdo office was firebombed in 2011 for depicting Prophet Mohamed on the front cover, which said “100 lashes of the whip if you don’t die laughing!” under a banner saying “Charia Hebdo” in reference to Sharia law. | The Charlie Hebdo office was firebombed in 2011 for depicting Prophet Mohamed on the front cover, which said “100 lashes of the whip if you don’t die laughing!” under a banner saying “Charia Hebdo” in reference to Sharia law. |
| I am not Charlie, I am Ahmed the dead cop. Charlie ridiculed my faith and culture and I died defending his right to do so. #JesuisAhmed | I am not Charlie, I am Ahmed the dead cop. Charlie ridiculed my faith and culture and I died defending his right to do so. #JesuisAhmed |
| Difference between dying for your beliefs and killing for your beliefs? One comes from strength and the other from weakness #JeSuisAhmed | Difference between dying for your beliefs and killing for your beliefs? One comes from strength and the other from weakness #JeSuisAhmed |
| #JeSuisAhmed True Hero, protecting the magazine who made fun of his religion. | #JeSuisAhmed True Hero, protecting the magazine who made fun of his religion. |
| #JeSuisCharlie #JeSuisAhmed We are all of the same- prayers for all those affected by this horrific tragedy | #JeSuisCharlie #JeSuisAhmed We are all of the same- prayers for all those affected by this horrific tragedy |
| Mr Merabet, who is survived by his wife and was working for the police for eight years, is seen in footage released by Reuters lying on a pavement opposite the Charlie Hebdo headquarters with his hands raised in surrender as two masked gunmen run past him and shoot at point-blank range in his direction with rifles believed to be Kalashnikovs. | Mr Merabet, who is survived by his wife and was working for the police for eight years, is seen in footage released by Reuters lying on a pavement opposite the Charlie Hebdo headquarters with his hands raised in surrender as two masked gunmen run past him and shoot at point-blank range in his direction with rifles believed to be Kalashnikovs. |
| One of the attackers is heard asking the police officer “Do you want to kill me?” before Mr Merabet allegedly replied “No, it is OK chief” before he shot towards him at least a second time amid an attack described as the worst in France in around 50 years. | |
| The family of Mr Merabet have wished to bury him at Bobigny cemetery near Paris where around 7,000 Muslims mainly from North Africa have been laid to rest, according to Al Arabiya News. | The family of Mr Merabet have wished to bury him at Bobigny cemetery near Paris where around 7,000 Muslims mainly from North Africa have been laid to rest, according to Al Arabiya News. |
| Another officer, Franck Brinsolaro, 47, was also shot dead by attackers suspected to be brothers Said and Cherif Kouachi, who are in their early 30s and believed to be currently on the run and hiding out from the authorities. | Another officer, Franck Brinsolaro, 47, was also shot dead by attackers suspected to be brothers Said and Cherif Kouachi, who are in their early 30s and believed to be currently on the run and hiding out from the authorities. |
| A third suspect - who reportedly turned himself in to the police last night after seeing himself mentioned in the news - was named as 18-year-old Hamyd Mourad, however his classmates claim that he was in school at the time of the attack. It is not known if there is more than one young man fitting his description with the same name.Mr Brinsolaro, who was the police bodyguard of Charlie Hebdo editor Stéphane Charbonnier and was sitting in the editorial room when the gunmen shot the cartoonists and journalists dead, is survived by his wife and two children. | A third suspect - who reportedly turned himself in to the police last night after seeing himself mentioned in the news - was named as 18-year-old Hamyd Mourad, however his classmates claim that he was in school at the time of the attack. It is not known if there is more than one young man fitting his description with the same name.Mr Brinsolaro, who was the police bodyguard of Charlie Hebdo editor Stéphane Charbonnier and was sitting in the editorial room when the gunmen shot the cartoonists and journalists dead, is survived by his wife and two children. |
| Cartoonists Stephane “Charb” Charbonnier, 47, Jean “Cabu” Cabut, 76, Bernard “Tignous” Verlhac, 57, Georges Wolinski, 80, and Philippe Honore, 73, were killed in the attack as well as magazine columnist and economist Bernard Maris, 68, and proof-reader Mustapha Ourrad. | Cartoonists Stephane “Charb” Charbonnier, 47, Jean “Cabu” Cabut, 76, Bernard “Tignous” Verlhac, 57, Georges Wolinski, 80, and Philippe Honore, 73, were killed in the attack as well as magazine columnist and economist Bernard Maris, 68, and proof-reader Mustapha Ourrad. |
| Psychoanalyst and columnist Elsa Cayat was the only woman killed in the shoot-out. Arts festival founder Michel Renaud and caretaker Frederic Boisseau were also murdered. | Psychoanalyst and columnist Elsa Cayat was the only woman killed in the shoot-out. Arts festival founder Michel Renaud and caretaker Frederic Boisseau were also murdered. |