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Charlie Hebdo gunman Chérif Kouachi buried in unmarked grave near Paris
Source: Agence France-Presse
Charlie Hebdo gunman Chérif Kouachi buried in unmarked grave near Paris
Agence France-Presse in Nanterre
The Guardian, Sunday 18 January 2015 11.59 GMT
Chérif Kouachi, one of the two brothers who killed 12 people in an attack on the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, has been buried in an unmarked grave near Paris under tight security, the local mayor’s office said.
Kouachi was buried late on Saturday at a cemetery in Gennevilliers, where he used to live, officials said.
No relatives attended the funeral and the grave was unmarked to avoid it becoming “a pilgrimage site” for Islamist militants, the official said.
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Chérif Kouachi’s widow had asked for both brothers to be buried in the cemetery at Gennevilliers, about five miles northwest of central Paris, but the local mayor Patrice Leclerc blocked the request since Saïd, the older brother, was not a resident of the area.
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Agence France-Presse in Nanterre
The Guardian, Sunday 18 January 2015 11.59 GMT
Chérif Kouachi, one of the two brothers who killed 12 people in an attack on the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, has been buried in an unmarked grave near Paris under tight security, the local mayor’s office said.
Kouachi was buried late on Saturday at a cemetery in Gennevilliers, where he used to live, officials said.
No relatives attended the funeral and the grave was unmarked to avoid it becoming “a pilgrimage site” for Islamist militants, the official said.
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Chérif Kouachi’s widow had asked for both brothers to be buried in the cemetery at Gennevilliers, about five miles northwest of central Paris, but the local mayor Patrice Leclerc blocked the request since Saïd, the older brother, was not a resident of the area.
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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jan/18/charlie-hebdo-gunman-cherif-kouachi-buried-unmarked-grave
