Charlie Hebdo and Hypercacher attacks kill 17 in Paris
On 7 January 2015, at about 11:30 a. m. in Paris, France, the employees of the French satirical weekly magazine Charlie Hebdo were targeted in a terrorist shooting attack by two French-born Algerian Muslim brothers, Saïd Kouachi and Chérif Kouachi.
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On 7 January 2015, at about 11:30 a. m. in Paris, France, the employees of the French satirical weekly magazine Charlie Hebdo were targeted in a terrorist shooting attack by two French-born Algerian Muslim brothers, Saïd Kouachi and Chérif Kouachi.
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Factrail. (2026). Charlie Hebdo and Hypercacher attacks kill 17 in Paris. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/charlie-hebdo-attacks-paris-2015-01
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