french officials hostage-takers killed at twin standoffs

8/10/2019 French Officials Hostage-takers Killed at Twin Standoffs

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0iew PhotosThousan s of security forces, inclu in" ne"otiators, surroun a co##ercial 'uil in"

northeast of .aris)

In his s$eech, 6ollan e $raise security forces for the tan e# o$erations an %o!e to

res$on 2!ith force3 a"ainst terroris#)

France is not finishe !ith these threats,3 he sai )

In Da##artin-en-Goele, a'out 8: #iles northeast of .aris, thousan s of anti-

terroris# forces ha #asse after ays of intense searches in %illa"es an !oo lan s

outsi e the French ca$ital, follo!in" si"htin"s of the sus$ects 7herif ;ouachi,


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In scenes re#iniscent of other recent terror-relate stan offs inclu in" last #onth(s

hosta"e-ta&in" at a Sy ney cafe French $olice $ut the area un er loc& o!n or ers,

as&in" $eo$le to stay in oors an turn off their li"hts as the ra#a $laye out on an

o%ercast an ri00ly afternoon)

[Read: Shooting suspects tried to meet with al-Qaeda]

In se$arate e%elo$#ents, other lin&s 'e"an to e#er"e)

First, $olice re$orte an a$$arent connection 'et!een the ne!s$a$er attac& an the

t!o sus$ects in the slayin" of the $olice!o#an in a southern .aris su'ur')

Then on Fri ay, one of the $olice shootin" sus$ects,


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7ouli'aly(s sus$ecte acco#$lice in the $olice shootin" a !o#an i entifie as 6ayet

?ou# iene re#aine on the run) It !as not i##e iately clear if she too& $art in

the #ar&et hosta"e-ta&in" an #ana"e to sli$$e a!ay)

Intelli"ence e*$erts also ha%e 'e"un to $iece to"ether a$$arent ties 'et!een the 'rothers an al-+ae a-lin&e #ilitants in e#en) In 894incennes on the eastern outs&irts of

.aris)

Full etails fro# the rai on the $rintin" $lant !ere not i##e iately &no!)


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The #an, i entifie only as Di ier, sai the o!ner of the 'usiness !as acco#$anie 'y

an ar#e #an cla in 'lac& an !earin" a 'ullet$roof %est) Di ier sai he 'elie%e the


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#an at first !as a $olice co##an o)

/e all shoo& han s an #y client tol #e to lea%e,3 Di ier a e )

The ar#e #an then a e 2Go, !e on(t &ill ci%ilians,3 Di ier recalle )

As I left, I i n(t &no! !hat it !as) It !asn(t nor#al,3 Di ier sai in the ra io

inter%ie!) 2I i not &no! !hat !as "oin" on) /as it a hosta"e ta&in" or a 'ur"laryC3

Stunne onloo&ers !atche as $olice colu#ns seale off the to!n(s in ustrial 0one,

otte !ith !arehouses an ce#ent 'loc& a$art#ent 'uil in"s)

No one is safe,3 sai ;a#el, a =5-year-ol air$ort !or&er an near'y resi ent !ho

ecline to "i%e his last na#e) ou on(t &no! !hat is "oin" to ha$$en ne*t)(

Fresh etails e#er"e Thurs ay that one of the 'rothers ha trie to #eet !ith al-

+ae a(s affiliate in e#en)

1)S) officials sai the ol er of the t!o, Sai ;ouachi, is 'elie%e to ha%e tra%ele to

e#en in 8944 in an effort to lin& u$ !ith al-+ae a(s affiliate there at a ti#e !hen that"rou$ !as ecli$sin" the terror net!or&(s core lea ershi$ in .a&istan as the $rinci$al

threat to the 1nite States)

1)S) officials sai ;ouachi #ay ha%e recei%e s#all-ar#s trainin" an $ic&e u$ other

s&ills !hile in e#en, 'ut they escri'e the years that follo!e that 8944 %isit as a

2&in of hole3 in the ti#eline, !ith si"nificant "a$s in authorities( un erstan in" of the

'rothers( acti%ities an !herea'outs)

Those 'lan& s$ots ha%e le 1)S) an other officials to see& to eter#ine !hether one or

'oth 'rothers tra%ele to Syria or another conflict 0one, or !hether they #ana"e to

lo!er their $rofile in France to such a e"ree that scrutiny of the# su'si e )
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In e#en, a security official tol the A. that Sai ;ouachi is sus$ecte of ha%in"

fou"ht for al-+ea a in the country) The official s$o&e on con ition of anony#ity

'ecause of an on"oin" in%esti"ation into the 'rothers)

As the #anhunt !i ene in recent ays, French officials announce that they hata&en nine $eo$le into custo y in relation to the case) Authorities !oul not release

their na#es, 'ut French #e ia sai that those $ic&e u$ in the ra"net inclu e a

sister of the #en as !ell as her co#$anion an the !ife of Sai ;ouachi)

/e !ill sho! these terrorists throu"h the fir# efense of the %alues of the re$u'lic

that !e are not afrai an that !e re#ain unite ,3 sai 7a0eneu%e, the interior

#inister)

Thousan s $oure into .aris(s .lace e la Re$u'liBue on Thurs ay for a secon ni"ht

to honor the ea inclu in" so#e of France(s 'est-&no!n cartoonists at a

$u'lication that ha la#$oone Isla# alon" !ith other tar"ets)

Many s$o&e of unity, !ith the Eiffel To!er shrou e in 'lac& Thurs ay e%enin", its

li"hts ouse in honor of the fallen) The slo"an 2 e suis 7harlie3 I a# 7harlie

'eca#e u'iBuitous in offices, on si e!al&s an in $u'lic sBuares nation!i e)

An in a nation that is ho#e to /estern Euro$e(s lar"est Musli# $o$ulation as !ell as

the continent(s stron"est anti-i##i"rant an e*tre#e far-ri"ht #o%e#ents, there !ere

also fears of risin" reli"ious an $olitical tensions in the after#ath of the attac&)


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Object2

The attac& on the offices of satirical French ne!s$a$er 7harlie 6e' o is the ea liest

in recent history) 6ere are so#e of the #a@or terror attac&s in France in the last t!o

eca es) Da%in 7o'urn an or"e Ri'as The /ashin"ton .ostH

On Thurs ay, a #an !as arreste in the city of .oitiers after $aintin" the !or s 2Death

to Ara's3 on the "ates of a #osBue) In the city of 7aro#', a car 'elon"in" to a Musli#

fa#ily !as shot at) In t!o other French cities, s#all e*$losi%es !ent off near #osBues)

No in@uries !ere re$orte in any of the inci ents, 'ut they i##e iately i"nite

concerns a'out further i eolo"ical clashes, %iolent or other!ise)

Marine Le .en , the hea of the far-ri"ht National Front, s$o&e out Thurs ay, callin"

her $arty the only one that ha challen"e the notion of 2Isla#ic fun a#entalis# on

our territory)3

?ut #any in France sai that the far ri"ht !oul not succee in le%era"in" the attac&

for its o!n $ur$oses, sayin" the nation !as $ullin" to"ether in tra"e y, not 'ein"

ra!n a$art)

In the last 8= hours, !hat I ha%e seen is a sense of national res$onsi'ility, a sense of

unity,3 sai ean-7harles ?risar , a .aris-'ase terroris# an security e*$ert) 2/e

&no! they !ant to use this to tear us a$art, to create i%ision) ?ut France !ill not allo!
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