All of those present in court were convicted for their role in providing support for the killings. Those on trial were accused of assisting brothers Said and Cherif Kouachi, who carried out the Charlie Hebdo massacre, and their accomplice, the supermarket hostage-taker Amedy Coulibaly. Columnist Sigolene Vinson, who survived the Charlie Hebdo massacre, told the court of the "deathly silence" in the office as her colleagues lay dead all around her. Those killed in the Charlie Hebdo attack included some of France's most celebrated cartoonists such as Jean Cabut, known as Cabu, 76, Georges Wolinski, 80, and Stephane "Charb" Charbonnier, 47. To mark the start of the trial on September 2, Charlie Hebdo defiantly republished the cartoons of the Prophet (PBUH) that had angered Muslims.

Source: Dhaka Tribune December 16, 2020 16:05 UTC