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Supermarket involved in terror attack linked to Charlie Hebdo shootings re-opens

A kosher supermarket in Paris has reopened after it was involved in a terror attack linked to the...
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12.20 15 Mar 2015


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Supermarket involved in terror attack linked to Charlie Hebdo shootings re-opens

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A kosher supermarket in Paris has reopened after it was involved in a terror attack linked to the magazine Charlie Hebdo.

French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve was present on Sunday when the kosher store, which has been completely renovated, opened its doors for the first time since it was the scene of a horrific hostage situation in which four people were killed.

Hostage-taker Amedy Coulibaly was later shot dead by police as they stormed the building. Coulibaly also shot and killed a trainee policewoman in the suburb of Montrouge.

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That was two days after 2 brothers killed 12 people in an attack on the Charlie Hebdo offices.

Many neighbours were happy to see normality return with the shops re-opening, but some still worry about the area's safety.

“There's still some fear,” one resident told FRANCE 24. “I'll come back, but I've asked my family not to.”

Another said he would happily return:

“People will come out of principle and solidarity. We're French, we're not scared of anything, this is our home,” he told FRANCE 24.

 


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