BFF-24 France to try 14 people over Jan 2015 Paris attacks: judicial source

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France to try 14 people over Jan 2015 Paris attacks: judicial source

PARIS, Jan 18, 2019 (BSS/AFP) – France is to try 14 people in connection with the January 2015 jihadist attacks in and around Paris, a judicial source told AFP Friday.

The attacks against the offices of the Charlie Hebdo satirical magazine, a police woman in the nearby suburb of Montrouge, and a jewish Hyper Cacher shop killed 17 and marked the start of a wave of jihadist attacks in France.

Eleven of those to be tried for assisting in the attacks are already in custody, and three are wanted by police.

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