PARIS — 2015 · Major Tragedy

The Charlie Hebdo Attack

ClosedSources: ALast updated: 14 October 2026

At about 11:30 am on 7 January 2015, two gunmen burst into an editorial meeting of the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris. Twelve people were killed, including cartoonists, staff and two police officers, and 11 were wounded. Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula claimed responsibility. The two attackers fled and were cornered at a printing works in Dammartin-en-Goële on 9 January, where they were killed by the gendarmerie's special unit. In linked attacks over the same days, another gunman killed a policewoman and then four people at a kosher supermarket in Paris before being killed. The attacks prompted worldwide 'Je suis Charlie' solidarity; at a 2020 trial, 14 people who had helped the attackers were convicted.

Date: 2015
Place: 11th arrondissement, France, Paris, FR
Category: Major Tragedy
Case Status: Closed
Coordinates: 48.8592, 2.3703 ↗

Timeline of Events

7 January 2015, 11:30 amGunmen killed 12 people at the magazine's offices.
8 January 2015A linked gunman killed a municipal police officer.
9 January 2015The attackers were killed in Dammartin-en-Goële; the kosher supermarket siege took place.

11 January 2015Millions joined unity marches across France.
December 2020Fourteen defendants were convicted at trial in Paris.

Sources

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