(Reuters) A survivor of the 2015 attack on satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo told a French court on Wednesday how the gunmen said “Allahu akbar” (“God is greatest”), then shot him with their Kalashnikov rifles.
Simon Fieschi was the first employee the two gunmen encountered when they entered the magazine’s Paris offices. He said that after being shot he lost consciousness, and the gunmen moved on to other targets.
“It was all very quick for me,” said Fieschi, 36, who limped to the witness box using a crutch but declined an offer to take a seat, saying he preferred to testify standing.
“I remember the door opening violently, and gunshots. I remember a man who said: ‘Allahu akbar,’ and then, ‘We don’t kill women,’” said Fieschi, who was in charge of the magazine’s digital platforms.
