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The French judiciary delivers its verdicts on 14 defendants who apparently supported the planners of the armed attacks on the “Charlie Hebdo” newspaper.
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Palace of Justice in Paris
On Wednesday, a French court convicted Hayat Boumediene, ex-partner of Amedi Coulibaly, one of the authors of the attack on the satirical newspaper “Charlie Hebdo” and a Jewish food store in Paris in 2015, of “criminal affiliation and financing of terrorism.”
The court also convicted Ali Reza Polat, believed to be Coulibaly’s right-hand man, for complicity in the murder and innocence of “leading the criminal terrorist gang.”
The French prosecutor requested the harshest penalties for two defendants considered “accomplices” in the attacks, namely Mohamed Belhassen, who was tried in absentia after his departure for Syria, and Ali Reda Polat, who was described as the “focus” of the preparatory work.
The prosecution also requested 30 years in prison for Hayat Boumediene, the fugitive partner of Amedi Coulibaly, and 20 years for Mahdi Belhassen, who helped her out. Both were also tried in absentia.
During the hearings, which lasted for three months, during which survivors and relatives of the victims came to present their testimonies, the court tried to unravel the mystery of the investigation, especially through telephone communication data and DNA traces.
The attack was carried out by two armed men who opened fire on the newspaper’s Paris headquarters, killing 12 people, including four of its most prominent cartoonists. Also 4 died in a supermarket that sold food and 2 bystanders.
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