Amedy Coulibaly
| Amedy Coulibaly | |
|---|---|
| Born |
27 February 1982 Juvisy-sur-Orge, Île-de-France, France |
| Died | 9 January 2015 (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 |
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Capture status
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Killed |
| Partner(s) | Saïd and Chérif Kouachi |
| Killings | |
| Date | 8–9 January 2015 |
| Location(s) | |
| Target(s) |
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| 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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