Hamid was originally wrongly identified in the aftermath of the attack as being one of three Charlie Hebdo killers. Kouachi carried out the Charlie Hebdo killings with his brother Said. Photo: AFPAFP · 7 Aug 2016, 15:25Published: 07 Aug 2016 15:25 GMT+02:00A relative of one of the extremist killers of journalists at French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo has been arrested in Turkey on his way to Syria, a judicial source said on Sunday. The source said French anti-terrorist investigators are preparing a European arrest warrant for Hamyd, whose sister was Cherif Kouachi’s wife. Hamyd, wrongly identified on social media in the aftermath of the attack as being one of three Charlie Hebdo killers, was denied entry to Turkey and sent to a detention centre in Bulgaria on July 28, the source added in confirming a French media report.

Source: The Local August 07, 2016 13:30 UTC