French court finds 14 people guilty of complicity in Charlie Hebdo, supermarket attacks

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On 7 January 2015 at about 11:30am CET local time, two brothers, Saïd and Chérif Kouachi, forced their way into the offices of the French satirical weekly newspaper Charlie Hebdo in Paris. Armed with rifles and other weapons, they killed 12 people and injured 11 others.

The fourteen defendants included the former partner of one of the attackers, weapons dealers and childhood friends. Most said the did not know of the terrorist intent and were only trying to aid in a less severe crime.

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