Verdicts due for 14 over links to 2015 Paris attackers By LORI HINNANT, Associated Press
Published: December 16, 2020, 8:29am
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2 Photos FILE - In this Jan. 7, 2015, file photo, an injured person is transported to an ambulance after a shooting at the French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo s office in Paris, France. The terrorism trial of 14 people linked to the January 2015 Paris attacks on the satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo and a kosher supermarket ends Wednesday after three months punctuated by new attacks, a wave of coronavirus infections among the defendants, and devastating testimony bearing witness to three days of bloodshed that shook France.(AP Photo/Thibault Camus, File)
The trial of 14 people accused of links to a series of Islamist militant attacks in Paris in January 2015, including on Charlie Hebdo magazine and a kosher supermarket, came to an end on Wednesday with all convicted of involvement.
The attacks took place between 7-9 January, leaving 17 people dead along with the three gunmen.
Hayat Boumeddiene, the fugitive wife of attacker Amédy Coulibaly, received a 30-year prison sentence. Boumeddiene had fled to Syria and is believed to be still alive.
The principal defendant, Ali Riza Polat, was found guilty of complicity in terrorist crimes committed by the brothers Saïd et Chérif Kouachi, as well as Coulibaly. Described as the logistician of the attacks, he also received a 30-year prison sentence though prosecutors had called for a life sentence. His lawyer said they would appeal.
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The fugitive widow of a gunman and a man described as his logistician have been convicted of terrorism charges in the trial of 14 people linked to the January 2015 attacks in Paris.
It ends the three-month trial of the 14 people linked to the three days of killings across Paris claimed jointly by so-called Islamic State and al Qaida.
The attacks were launched against the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo and a kosher supermarket.
All three attackers died in police raids.
The widow, Hayat Boumeddiene, fled to Syria and is believed to still be alive.
Police officers work at the scene of the kosher supermarket in Paris after the attack there (Francois Mori/AP)
All three attackers died in police raids. The widow, Hayat Boumeddiene, fled to Syria and is believed to still be alive. The two men who spirited her out of France are thought to be dead, although one received a sentence of life in prison just in case and the other was convicted separately.
Eleven others were present and all were convicted of the crime, with sentences ranging from 30 years for Boumeddiene and Ali Riza Polat, described as the lieutenant of the virulently anti-Semitic market attacker, Amédy Coulibaly, to four years with a simple criminal conviction.
The Jan. 7-9, 2015, attacks in Paris left 17 dead along with the three gunmen. The 11 men standing trial formed a loose circle of friends and criminal acquaintances who claimed any facilitating they may have done was unwitting.