This'll be short as I don't have time at the moment, but wanted to make sure people were aware of another tribute for victims of the terrorist attacks in France. This one has been dubbed #JeSuisAhmed, for Ahmed Merabet, the police office killed trying to protect the offices of Charlie Hebdo.
Here is the very poignant message sent as a tweet by Dyab Abou Jahjah:
I am not Charlie, I am Ahmed the dead cop. Charlie ridiculed my faith and culture and I died defending his right to do so. #JesuisAhmed
Ahmed Merabet
Contento described Merabet as a quiet, conscientious man -- likable and always smiling. A photo shows him grinning into the camera.
He had a girlfriend, according to Contento.
Merabet had reportedly been a police officer for eight years, assigned to the 11th arrondissement, where the attack took place.
He was working as a bicycle cop, but French newspaper Le Figaro reported that he'd recently qualified to become a detective.
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Merabet wasn't the only police officer killed in the attack. The other was Franck Brinsolaro, who had been assigned to protect Stephane "Charb" Charbonnier, the editor of Charlie Hebdo, for the past several years, according to Le Figaro.
Brinsolaro, 48, was killed inside the magazine's offices with Charbonnier and other cartoonists.
The only thing I have to add is that "Ahmed" also happens to be one of the names used to refer to the Prophet Muhammad.
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