A hero of 2015 France terror attacks reflects on trial verdict As verdicts were announced in a trial centered around the January 2015 Paris terror attacks, Lassana Bathily who was praised for saving about 15 people in a kosher supermarket says he still struggles with the word hero: “I prefer the term good citizen. A good citizen who simply acted quickly in the moment.”
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French Prime Minister Manuel Valls, left, and French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve, center, award citizenship to Lassana Bathily during a ceremony in Paris, Jan. 20, 2015. Credit:
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After nearly six years, the victims of the January 2015 terrorist attacks in Paris now have some closure. A court on Wednesday found 14 accomplices guilty of helping those who carried out the attacks at Charlie Hebdo magazine and Hyper Cacher kosher supermarket in which 17 people died, along with three gunmen. The sentences ranged from four years to life imprisonment.