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Amedy Coulibaly

Amedy Coulibaly
Born (1982-02-27)27 February 1982
Juvisy-sur-Orge, Île-de-France, France
Died 9 January 2015(2015-01-09) (aged 32)
Paris, France
Cause of death Ballistic trauma
Resting place In Muslim section of cemetery in Thiais, France
Nationality French
Other names Abou Bassir Abdallah al-Ifriqi
Occupation Unemployed; previously Coca Cola worker
Known for
Height 5 ft 5 in (165 cm)
Criminal charge Robbery, drug trafficking, assisting plot to break out Islamist terrorist from prison (December 2013)
Criminal penalty Five years in prison
Criminal status Convicted; Released early, in March 2014
Spouse(s) Hayat Boumeddiene
Allegiance Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
Capture status
Killed
Partner(s) Saïd and Chérif Kouachi
Killings
Date 8–9 January 2015
Location(s)
Target(s)
  • Patrons of kosher supermarket
  • Police officer
  • Jogger
Killed 5
Injured 11
Weapons

Amedy Coulibaly (French pronunciation: ​[amɛdi kulibali]; 27 February 1982 – 9 January 2015) was the main suspect for the Montrouge shooting, in which municipal police officer Clarissa Jean-Philippe was shot and killed, and was the hostage-taker and gunman in the Porte de Vincennes siege, in which he killed four hostages and was killed by police.

He was a close friend of Saïd and Chérif Kouachi, the gunmen in the Charlie Hebdo shooting, to which Coulibaly's shootings were connected. He said he synchronized his attacks with the Kouachi brothers. Coulibaly had pledged allegiance to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.

His wife, Hayat Boumeddiene, is currently being sought by French police as a suspected accomplice of Coulibaly, alleged to have helped him commit his attacks. She arrived in Turkey five days before the attacks. She has been described by newspapers as "France's most wanted woman". She was last tracked on 10 January 2015 to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant-controlled border town of Tell Abyad in Syria.

Coulibaly was born in Juvisy-sur-Orge, a suburb south-east of Paris, into a Malian Muslim immigrant family. He was the only boy, with nine sisters. He grew up on a housing estate, La Grande Borne, in Grigny, south of Paris.

Starting at the age of 17, he was convicted five times for armed robbery and at least once for drug trafficking. A report by a psychiatric expert prepared for a Parisian court found Coulibaly had an "immature and psychopathic personality" and "poor powers of introspection".


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