Supermarket terror victims likely to be buried in Jerusalem

11 January 2015, 12:07 am

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Some or all of the four Jewish men killed Friday by an Islamist terrorist at a Paris supermarket are to be buried in Israel.

Arrangements for the funerals of the four — Yoav Hattab, 21, Philippe Braham, in his 40s, Yohan Cohen, 20, and Francois-Michel Saada, in his 60s — are being coordinated by the French Jewish CRIF umbrella group and the Israeli foreign ministry.

Indications are that the bodies will be flown to Israel early next week, for burial on the Mount of Olives on Monday or Tuesday, but this has not been confirmed.

One of the four died when trying to grab a weapon and thwart Amedy Coulibaly, who had threatened to kill a three-year-old hostage. Coulibaly shot him at close range in the head.