Amedy Coulibaly
Amedy Coulibaly | |
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| Born | 27 February 1982 Juvisy-sur-Orge, Essonne, France |
| Died | 9 January 2015 (aged 32) Paris, France |
| Cause of death | Ballistic trauma |
| Resting place | In Muslim section of cemetery in Thiais, France |
| Nationality | French |
| Other names | Abu Basir al-Ifriqi Abou Bassir Abdallah al-Ifriqi Doly Gringy |
| Occupation(s) | Unemployed; previously Coca-Cola worker |
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| Criminal status | Convicted; Released early, in March 2014 |
| Spouse | Hayat Boumeddiene |
| Allegiance | Islamic State |
| Criminal charge | Robbery, drug trafficking, assisting plot to break out Islamist terrorist from prison (December 2013) |
| Penalty | Five years in prison |
Capture status | Killed |
| Accomplice | Saïd and Chérif Kouachi |
| Details | |
| Date | 7–9 January 2015 |
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| Killed | 5 |
| Injured | 11 |
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Amedy Coulibaly (French pronunciation: [amɛdi kulibali]; 27 February 1982 – 9 January 2015), also known by the nom de guerre (kunya) Abu Basir al-Ifriqi (Arabic: أبو بصير الإفريقي) 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. Coulibaly had pledged allegiance to the Islamic State.