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Police stand guard outside the supermarket where Amedy Coulibaly killed four people. Peter Dejong

Paris supermarket gunman buried in unmarked grave

Amedy Coulibaly’s body had been rejected by his home country of Mali.

ONE OF THE three jihadist gunmen who waged attacks in Paris this month was buried near the capital, police sources said, after his country of origin Mali refused to accept his body.

The sources, who wished to remain anonymous, said Amedy Coulibaly — who killed a policewoman and four Jews during the January 7-9 attacks — was buried in the Muslim section of the Thiais cemetery in the Paris region.

His family had asked for him to be buried in Mali, but that country’s government refused.

The two other jihadists who attacked Paris — Cherif and Said Kouachi — were buried last week in the towns where they had lived, respectively Gennevilliers near Paris and Reims in the northeast.

Both were placed in unmarked graves to prevent them becoming “pilgrimage sites” for extremists.

© AFP 2015

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    Jan 30th 2012, 11:42 AM

    Good news, but I hope the extra capacity isn’t to ferry all our emigrants to Australia.

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    Jan 30th 2012, 3:07 PM

    well I booked tickets to oz on Friday and Emirates via dubia was the cheapest option.

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    Jan 30th 2012, 11:43 AM

    I have to say fair play to the D.A.A for getting this airline into Dublin.It will help with toursim etc and its good news for a change.

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    Jan 30th 2012, 12:17 PM

    Pitty the greedy daa don’t consider their other 2 struggling airports when it’s comes to acquiring new airline and new routes.ie Shannon and cork!

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    Jan 30th 2012, 12:34 PM

    Bullshit…Bringing tourism to Ireland??!! Dublin to Sydney return – e900, Sydney to Dublin Return e1600…Hmmm…

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    Jan 30th 2012, 2:20 PM

    I’d say Aer Lingus are sickened that they pulled this route a few years back.

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    Jan 30th 2012, 2:30 PM

    Well it was the guy running the show at the time he managed to get flight to arrive at a time that you had to over night there for next day connection to far east and aus.
    This flight gets you onward connections to almost any where within 2 hours

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    Jan 30th 2012, 3:25 PM

    Came home from NZ with Emirates, cheapest option and class act. Brilliant that we don’t need to stop in Heathrow anymore.

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    Jan 30th 2012, 1:57 PM

    Getting connected to the world, good to hear

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    Jan 30th 2012, 11:27 AM

    The bankers and the bondholders making good use of taxpayers loot!

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    Jan 30th 2012, 6:55 PM

    Great news! Here’s the first flight only three weeks ago!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLm7e2_djS8

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