(AP) French authorities confirmed on Friday the arrest of a suspected extremist linked to the 2015 attack on Charlie Hebdo satirical magazine that killed 12 people.
The Paris prosecutor’s office confirmed the arrest after French media reported that French citizen Peter Cherif, also known as Abu Hamza, had been arrested in Djibouti.
Speaking to RTL radio, the minister for the armed forces, Florence Parly, welcomed “very good news because this terrorist played an important role in organizing the Charlie Hebdo attack.”
On Jan. 7, 2015, brothers Cherif and Said Kouachi killed 11 people at Charlie Hebdo‘s office, and a policeman in a nearby street.
