Amedy coulibaly biography
Amedy coulibaly biography
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Amedy Coulibaly
Malian-French prime suspect in the Montrouge shooting
Amedy Coulibaly (French pronunciation:[amɛdikulibali]; 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]
Early life
Coulibaly was born in Juvisy-sur-Orge, a suburb south-east of Paris, into a Malian Muslim