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News College Students and Teacher Among 4 Jews Killed in Kosher Grocery Terror Attack
Just before Shabbat, Avishai Hattab told a Jewish radio station that he hoped to see his brother alive. But by Saturday morning, it was clear that Yoav Hattab, a 21-year-old Tunisia native living in the Paris suburb of Vincennes, had died at the hands of a radical Islamist, during a hostage situation Friday at a…
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Fast Forward Thousands Mourn Paris Kosher Grocery Victims at Vigil — Israeli Anthem Sung
Several thousand people came out Saturday evening to commemorate the victims of Friday’s deadly shooting at a kosher supermarket. The vigil Saturday featured spontaneous singing of the French and Israeli anthems outside Hyper Cacher — the shop where a self-described Islamist killed four and held more than 20 hostage, before police broke in and killed…
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Fast Forward 4 Kosher Grocery Terror Victims Are Named — All Are French Jews
The four victims killed in the terror attack on a kosher shop in the French capital were all Jews, the CRIF umbrella group of French Jewish communities said. CRIF identified the victims of the attack Friday as Yoav Hattab, Philippe Braham, Yohan Cohen and Francois-Michel Saada. “These French citizens were struck down in a cold-blooded…
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News Beauty Is a Beast — Hayat Boumeddiene Went From Bikini Girlfriend to Terror Fugitive
French police were still hunting Saturday for the girlfriend of the slain terrorist who killed four hostages at a Paris kosher grocery store — and several reports say she fled to lawless Syria. Hayat Boumeddiene, 26, whose boyfriend Amedy Coulibaly was killed when police stormed the grocery, apparently escaped the bloody scene and was on…
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News Hamas Condemns Charlie Hebdo Terror — Silent on Kosher Grocery Killings
(Reuters) — Hamas on Saturday issued a condemnation of the terrorist attacks carried out by Islamist gunmen in France this week, saying there was no “justification for killing innocents.” The Palestinian Islamist faction, which is designated as a terror organization by most Western countries, apparently did not specifically mention the siege at a kosher grocery store,…
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Opinion #JeSuisJuif Hashtag Spreads After Paris Terror
(JTA) — In the wake of Wednesday’s deadly attack on the offices of the Charlie Hebdo newspaper, the hashtag #JeSuisCharlie (“I Am Charlie”) swept the internet in solidarity with the victims. Then came #JeSuisAhmed, to honor Ahmed Merabet, the Muslim police officer murdered during the Charlie Hebdo attacks, and who has become a symbol of inclusion…
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News France Mourns 4 Victims of Kosher Grocery Bloodbath — Hunt on for Terrorist’s Wife
(Reuters) — France mourned the the victims of the terror attack on a Paris kosher grocery as police searched for a female accomplice to militant Islamists and maintained a top-level anti-terrorist alert ahead of nationwide anti-terror marches set for Sunday. Prime Minister Manuel Valls urged a massive turnout on Sunday. Tens of thousands flocked to local…
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News 4 Hostages Killed as Police Storm Paris Kosher Supermarket — Terrorist Also Dead
French President Francois Hollande confirmed reports on Friday that four hostages were killed at a siege of a kosher supermarket in eastern Paris. Hollande called for national unity and said the country should remain “implacable” in the face of racism and anti-Semitism. “It is indeed an appalling anti-Semitic act that was committed,” he said of…
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