January 2015 Île-de-France attacks
| Île-de-France attacks | |
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| Part of Islamic terrorism in Europe, the Wave of Terror in Europe, and the France-ISIL conflict | |
| Location |
Charlie Hebdo shooting: 10 Rue Nicolas-Appert, 11th arrondissement of Paris, France Dammartin-en-Goële hostage crisis Dammartin-en-Goële, France Fontenay-aux-Roses shooting: Fontenay-aux-Roses, France Montrouge shooting: Corner of Avenue Pierre Brossolette and Avenue de la Paix in Montrouge, France Porte de Vincennes siege: Hypercacher kosher supermarket in Porte de Vincennes, Paris, France |
| Date | 7 January 2015 11:30 CET –9 January 2015 18:35 CET (UTC+01:00) |
| Target | Charlie Hebdo employees, police officers, and citizens in and around Paris |
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Attack type
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Mass shooting, terrorism, hostage crisis |
| Weapons | |
| Deaths |
20 total:
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Non-fatal injuries
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22 total:
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| Perpetrators | Saïd and Chérif Kouachi, Amedy Coulibaly |
20 total:
22 total:
From 7 January 2015 to 9 January 2015, terrorist attacks occurred across the Île-de-France region, particularly in Paris. Three attackers killed a total of 17 in four shooting attacks, and police then killed the three assailants. The attacks also wounded 22 other people. A fifth shooting attack did not result in any fatalities. Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula claimed responsibility and said that the coordinated attacks had been planned for years.
The attacks began on 7 January, when two gunmen attacked the headquarters of the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo, killing 12 people and wounding 12 others before escaping. On 9 January, police tracked the assailants to an industrial estate in Dammartin-en-Goële, where they took a hostage. Another gunman shot a police officer on 8 January. He killed four more victims and took hostages on January 9 at a kosher supermarket near the Porte de Vincennes. French armed forces and police conducted simultaneous raids in Dammartin and Porte de Vincennes, killing all three attackers.
At the time, the attacks comprised the deadliest act of terrorism in France since the 1961 Vitry-Le-François train bombing by the Organisation armée secrète (OAS), which was working against Algerian independence. These fatalities were surpassed ten months later by the November 2015 Paris attacks.
In December 2014, three attacks occurred in a span of three days in France.
The first attack occurred in Joué-lès-Tours, in which a knife-wielding man attacked a police station, injuring three officers before being killed.The second attack occurred in Dijon, in which a man used a vehicle to run over eleven pedestrians in several areas of the city before being arrested.The third attack occurred in Nantes, in which a vehicular attack at a Christmas market resulted in ten people being injured and one fatality. The driver was arrested after attempting suicide.
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