Fugitive handed terrorism charges over Charlie Hebdo attack

French authorities have handed preliminary terrorism charges to a fugitive extremist suspected of helping organise the deadly 2015 attack on satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo.

Fugitive handed terrorism charges over Charlie Hebdo attack
Sun, 23 Dec, 2018 - 10:20

French authorities have handed preliminary terrorism charges to a fugitive extremist suspected of helping organise the deadly 2015 attack on satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo.

The Paris prosecutor's office said Peter Cherif was expelled to France after his recent arrest in Djibouti.

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