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Hollande pays tribute to victims of the attacks in January 2015

French President Francois Hollande, today paid tribute to those killed in jihadist attacks in Paris in January last year, as the start of a series of tributes to be extended throughout the week.

Hollande first discovered shortly after 10:00 local time (9.00 GMT) a plaque commemorating the killing of "Charlie Hebdo" with the names of the 11 people killed in the drafting of the satirical weekly at district -in Nicolas Appert XI of the city and left a wreath.

Then, accompanied by an entourage in which there were, among others, several members of his government starting with the Prime Minister, Manuel Valls, and the Mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, moved a few hundred meters away, to the point where he was killed the policeman Ahmed Merabet on the Boulevard Richard Lenoir.



There he greeted the family of Merabet which was shot by the terrorists of "Charlie Hebdo" the Kouachi brothers, in their huida- before another plate was discovered with a minute of silence.
On the floor in the exact place where he was crowned, there was an inscription - "I am Ahmed" - with the colors of the French flag.

French President then moved to the twentieth arrondissement, where the Jewish supermarket "Hyper Cacher" where the jihadist Amedy Coulibaly killed four people on January 9, 2015 before being killed by the police is.
The plaque placed there which again was found silently stood "in memory of the victims of anti-Semitic attack" perpetrated on trade.

Yesterday the police had already carried out an act in honor of Ahmed Merabet agent to which his family went to the police station of the eleventh district of the French capital.

On Thursday, the anniversary of the attack on "Charlie Hebdo", the head of state congratulate the police headquarters in the New Year to the security forces involved in counter-terrorism protection Sentinelle operation.

On Saturday a new plaque commemorating the municipal police shot dead (a hands also Coulibaly) on January 8, 2015 in Montrouge, south of Paris city outskirts will be discovered.

On Sunday, Hollande also be at the popular event (will include a performance by rocker Johnny Hallyday) organized in the Republic Square to remember the victims of jihadist attacks in January (17 dead), but also to November 13 (130 dead and hundreds injured).

On the other hand, Franck Brinsolaro wife, policeman killed on January 7, 2015 inside the writing of "Charlie Hebdo", where he was responsible for the safety of its director, Stéphane Charbonier-, has filed a complaint because He considered that they had not taken appropriate security measures against the threat weighing on the publication.

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