Tuesday, 13 January 2015

France attacks: Funeral ceremonies in Paris and Jerusalem







Funeral ceremonies are being held for seven of those shot dead in last week's attacks in Paris.
Four men killed at a kosher supermarket have been buried in Jerusalem. At a ceremony in central Paris, President Francois Hollande honoured three police officers shot dead.
Last week's three days of terror began with an attack on the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo on 7 January.
A total of 17 people were killed by Islamist gunmen, including journalists.
At the police headquarters in Paris, Mr Hollande posthumously bestowed France's top honour, the Legion d'Honneur, on the three officers - Franck Brinsolaro, Ahmed Merabet and Clarissa Jean-Philippe - their coffins draped in the French flag.

             Clarissa Jean-Philippe (left) and Ahmed Merabet, police officers killed by the gunmen


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