Hypercacher kosher supermarket siege in the context of "Trial in absentia"

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 [ar; de; fa; fr] and Chérif Kouachi [ar; de; fa; fr]. Armed with rifles and other weapons, the duo murdered 12 people and injured 11 others; they identified themselves as members of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, which claimed responsibility for the attack. They fled after the shooting, triggering a manhunt, and were killed by the GIGN on 9 January. The Kouachi brothers' attack was followed by several related Islamist terrorist attacks across the Île-de-France between 7 and 9 January 2015, including the Hypercacher kosher supermarket siege, in which a French-born Malian Muslim took hostages and murdered four people (all Jews) before being killed by French commandos.

In response to the shooting, France raised its Vigipirate terror alert and deployed soldiers in Île-de-France and Picardy. A major manhunt led to the discovery of the suspects, who exchanged fire with police. The brothers took hostages at a signage company in Dammartin-en-Goële on 9 January and were shot dead when they emerged from the building firing.

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 (ar; de; fa; fr) and Chérif Kouachi (ar; de; fa; fr). Armed with rifles and other weapons, the duo murdered 12 people and injured 11 others; they identified themselves as members of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, which claimed responsibility for the attack. They fled after the shooting, triggering a manhunt, and were killed by the GIGN on 9 January. The Kouachi brothers' attack was followed by several related Islamist terrorist attacks across the Île-de-France between 7 and 9 January 2015, including the Hypercacher kosher supermarket siege, in which a French-born Malian Muslim took hostages and murdered four people (all Jews) before being killed by French commandos.

In response to the shooting, France raised its Vigipirate terror alert and deployed soldiers in Île-de-France and Picardy. A major manhunt led to the discovery of the suspects, who exchanged fire with police. The brothers took hostages at a signage company in Dammartin-en-Goële on 9 January and were shot dead when they emerged from the building firing.

From 7 to 9 January 2015, terrorist attacks occurred across the Île-de-France region, particularly in Paris and most prominently at the offices of the magazine Charlie Hebdo. Three assailants killed a total of 17 people in 3 shooting attacks; the attackers were then killed by police. The attacks also wounded 22 others. Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) claimed responsibility and said that the coordinated attacks had been planned for years. The claim of responsibility for the Charlie Hebdo shooting came in a video showing AQAP commander Nasser bin Ali al-Ansi, with gunmen in the background who were later identified as brothers Chérif and Saïd Kouachi, perpetrators of the Charlie Hebdo shooting. However, while authorities say the video is authentic, there is no proof that AQAP helped to carry out the attacks. Amedy Coulibaly, who carried out the Montrouge shooting and the Hypercacher kosher supermarket siege, claimed that he belonged to ISIS before he was killed.

On 16 December 2020, 14 people, including Coulibaly's accomplice Hayat Boumeddiene, were convicted of involvement in the Île-de-France attacks. Boumeddiene, who was tried in absentia with 2 other defendants, was given a 30-year prison sentence for financing terrorism and belonging to a criminal terrorist network.