Charlie Hebdo shooting
2015 terrorist attack in Paris, France
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Summary
Charlie Hebdo shooting is a mass shooting[1]. It ranks in the top 8% of mass shooting entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (17,671 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: 11th arrondissement of Paris[3]
- Country: France[4]
- Instance of: terrorist attack[5]
- Location: 10, Rue Nicolas-Appert[6]
- Part of: January 2015 Île-de-France attacks[7], terrorism in France[8]
- Commons category: Charlie Hebdo shooting[9]
- Located in time zone: UTC+01:00[10]
- Armament: Zastava M70[11], Škorpion vz. 61[12], grenade launcher[13], Tokarev[14], pump-action[15]
- Target: Charlie Hebdo[16]
- Point in time: January 7, 2015[17]
- Has cause: Islamic terrorism[18], Islamofascism[19]
- Topic's main category: Category:Charlie Hebdo shooting[20]
- Number of deaths: 12[21]
- Number of injured: 11[22]
- Has effect: international reactions to the Charlie Hebdo shooting[23], republican marches[24]
- Hashtag: JeSuisCharlie[25], JeNeSuisPasCharlie[26], IAmCharlie[27], IAmNotCharlie[28], منشارلیهستم[29], IchBinCharlie[30], YoSoyCharlie[31], SomCharlieHebdo[32], JsemCharlieHebdo[33], JsemCharlie[34], اناشارلي[35], ЯШарлиЭбдо[36]
- Number of perpetrators: 2[37]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Human rights[38]
- Perpetrator: Chérif Kouachi[39], Saïd Kouachi[40]
- Victim(s): Frédéric Boisseau[41], Franck Brinsolaro[42], Cabu[43], Philippe Honoré[44], Georges Wolinski[45], Bernard Maris[46], Mustapha Ourrad[47], Elsa Cayat[48], Michel Renaud[49], Philippe Lançon[50], Fabrice Nicolino[51], Laurent Sourisseau[52]
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Outcome and Impact
Things named for Charlie Hebdo shooting include Je suis Charlie[53], a slogan[54], in France[55].
Why It Matters
Charlie Hebdo shooting has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[56] It is known by 53 alternative names across languages and contexts.[57]
Entities named for it include Je suis Charlie[53], a slogan[54], in France[55].