Both
brothers behind the Charlie Hebdo massacre have been buried in unmarked graves.
Cherif
Kouachi was interred just before midnight in a cemetery in Gennevilliers, a
suburb in North West Paris, a day after his older brother Said was discreetly
buried in the northeastern city of Reims.
Cherif's
family, including his widow, kept away from the funeral and the grave was left
anonymous to avoid it becoming a 'pilgrimage site' for Islamists.
Cherif Kouachi
Said Kouachi
The mayor of
Gennevilliers, where the younger Kouachi brother lived had not wanted the
funeral to go ahead, but said he had no legal means to block it.
Chérif
Kouachi’s widow had asked for both brothers to be buried in the cemetery at
Gennevilliers, but the local mayor Patrice Leclerc blocked the request since
Saïd, the older brother, was not a resident of the area.
He added: 'I
don't want a grave that serves to attract fanatics. I don't want a place that
promotes hate.
'He was
buried last night, in the most discrete, anonymous way possible.'
But speaking
on BFMTV, Mr Robinet said he was forced to allow the burial by the government,
which enforced a French law that grants a right to be buried in the town of
last residence.
There are no
current plans to bury Amedy Coulibaly, who killed five people - including four
hostages at a kosher market in Paris - before he was killed by police on
January 9.
No comments:
Post a Comment