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Charlie Hebdo suspect arrested in Djibouti
Source: The Guardian
Charlie Hebdo suspect arrested in Djibouti
Peter Cherif to be transferred to France for questioning over alleged links to 2015 attack
Kim Willsher in Paris
Fri 21 Dec 2018 11.17 GMT
A French terror suspect linked by police to the 2015 attack on Charlie Hebdo that killed 12 people has been arrested in Djibouti.
Peter Cherif, 36, also known as Abou Hamza, is to be transferred to France for questioning over allegations he masterminded the shootings in Paris at the satirical newspaper.
Cherif was a close friend of brothers Chérif and Saïd Kouachi, who burst into Charlie Hebdo’s office on 7 January 2015 and gunned down staff at an editorial conference. The brothers escaped, killing a police officer on the way out, and fled north. They died in a shootout at a printworks two days later.
The attack came after the newspaper carried satirical depictions of the prophet Muhammad on its front page.
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Peter Cherif to be transferred to France for questioning over alleged links to 2015 attack
Kim Willsher in Paris
Fri 21 Dec 2018 11.17 GMT
A French terror suspect linked by police to the 2015 attack on Charlie Hebdo that killed 12 people has been arrested in Djibouti.
Peter Cherif, 36, also known as Abou Hamza, is to be transferred to France for questioning over allegations he masterminded the shootings in Paris at the satirical newspaper.
Cherif was a close friend of brothers Chérif and Saïd Kouachi, who burst into Charlie Hebdo’s office on 7 January 2015 and gunned down staff at an editorial conference. The brothers escaped, killing a police officer on the way out, and fled north. They died in a shootout at a printworks two days later.
The attack came after the newspaper carried satirical depictions of the prophet Muhammad on its front page.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/dec/21/charlie-hebdo-suspect-arrested-in-djibouti