Partner of French attacker in Syria, soruces say
Sources believe the fourth suspect in the Paris attacks had already left country
PUBLISHED : Sunday, 11 January, 2015, 3:14am
UPDATED : Sunday, 11 January, 2015, 3:14am
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The suspected female accomplice of Islamists behind attacks in Paris left France last week and travelled to Syria via Turkey, a source familiar with the situation said yesterday.
Photo: Suspect Hayat Boumeddiene
French police were searching for 26-year-old old Hayat Boumeddiene, believed to be the partner of Amedy Coulibaly, who killed a policewoman on Thursday and four people at a Jewish supermarket on Friday.
Boumeddiene and Coulibaly, who later died in a siege at the shop, had links to the two brothers who carried out the massacre at the Charlie Hebdo weekly on Wednesday. They were also killed after they took a hostage at a print works on Friday.
Police had listed Boumeddiene a suspect in the shooting of the policewoman, describing her as "armed and dangerous".
However, the latest information means she was already out of the country at the time of the attacks, the source said.
French media earlier released photos purporting to be of a fully veiled Boumeddiene, posing with a crossbow, in what they said was a 2010 training session in the mountainous Cantal region.
Le Monde daily said Boumeddiene wed Amedy Coulibaly in a religious ceremony in 2009.
The hunt for the last suspect came as hundreds of troops were deployed around Paris, beefing up security on the eve of a march expected to draw more than a million in tribute to the victims.
The participation of European leaders including Germany's Angela Merkel and Britain's David Cameron in the silent march through Paris with President Francois Hollande will pose further demands for security forces today. "We remain at risk, and we will maintain the highest level of security in comings weeks," Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said after an emergency cabinet meeting.
In a taste of what was to come, people poured on to the streets in Nice, Pau and Orleans in poignantly silent marches paying tribute to those killed.
Political and security chiefs were reviewing how two French-born brothers of Algerian extraction, Said and Cherif Kouachi, could have carried out the Charlie Hebdo attacks despite having been on surveillance and "no-fly" lists for many years.
Before they were killed, the brothers said they were acting on behalf of al-Qaeda in Yemen.
An audio recording on YouTube attributed to a leader of the Yemeni branch of al-Qaeda said the attack in France was prompted by insults to the Prophet Mohammed.
Harith al-Nadhari also chillingly warned France to "stop your aggression against the Muslims" or face further attacks.
In light of those comments, Hollande warned the danger to France was not over yet.
"These madmen, fanatics, have nothing to do with the Muslim religion," Hollande added in a televised address.
Before Coulibaly- who met Cherif Kouachi in prison - was killed by police in the assault on the Jewish store, he said he was a member of the Islamic State jihadist group.
Additional reporting by Associated Press, Agence France-Presse
This article appeared in the South China Morning Post print edition as Partner of French terrorist 'in Syria'
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