Massive search for woman suspected in Paris hostage-taking
Source: CNN
A new, massive manhunt was launched Friday for the only surviving suspect from the two hostage situations in France, who may have escaped, police union spokesman Pascal Disant said.
That suspect is Hayat Boumeddiene, a 26-year-old woman who allegedly was the accomplice of Amedy Coulibaly, 32, in the standoff at a kosher grocery store in eastern Paris.
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Boumeddiene may have eluded capture during the confusion as the freed hostages were running away, Disant said.
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http://edition.cnn.com/2015/01/09/europe/charlie-hebdo-paris-shooting/index.html
This, rather like her, seems to have slipped through the cracks. It now seems she was inside the kosher supermarket, and not just an associate of the gunman. If they let her go, that's incompetent. A basic part of a hostage situation is to hang on to everyone who comes out, and sort out who they are. They knew about her before the end of the siege.
polly7
(20,582 posts)as incompetent, but truly unfortunate. I hope she's caught soon. All of these victims deserve at least one of these murderers put on trial.
Helen Borg
(3,963 posts)When all information is suspect...
kwassa
(23,340 posts)She will have trouble hiding anywhere.
Amonester
(11,541 posts)Who knows.
bigworld
(1,807 posts)and are tracking to whom and to where she goes next. Would help in the investigation for sure.
global1
(25,263 posts)Might they be able to identify her as one who ran out in the confusion?
muriel_volestrangler
(101,352 posts)Quoting French police sources, French media have reported there is currently no firm evidence that she was present at or involved in Coulibalys hostage-taking at a Jewish supermarket in northern Paris on Friday.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2015/jan/10/paris-attacks-police-hunt-accomplice-terror-hostages-al-qaida#block-54b11d77e4b0c53195a4beb1
There are reports in Le Monde and other parts of the French media that Hayat Boumeddiene currently labelled Frances most-wanted woman for her suspected involvement in the atrocities committed by her partner, Amedy Coulibaly could have fled the country before this weeks attacks took place.
Le Monde reports that Boumeddiene is suspected to have flown to Istanbul on 2 January, from where she reportedly travelled to Syria.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2015/jan/10/paris-attacks-police-hunt-accomplice-terror-hostages-al-qaida#block-54b155a5e4b0461a99f13b63
http://www.lemonde.fr/societe/live/2015/01/07/en-direct-des-coups-de-feu-au-siege-de-charlie-hebdo_4550635_3224.html
"Boumeddiene Hayat, the companion of Amedy Coulibaly, the hostage-taker of Porte de Vincennes, flew to Istanbul on January 2nd, from where she would have reached Syria on the 8th, according to our information."