Identity of police officer executed on Paris street revealed

The police officer whose terrifying execution by two masked gunmen was caught on camera in Paris yesterday January 7th, has been identified as Ahmed Merabet, a married 42-year-old Muslim. He was a cycle police officer who was assigned to the Paris neighbourhood where Charlie Hebdo’s office is located. He was one of the 12 people killed in the terrorist massacre...see more after the cut

6 of the Charlie Hebdo journalists and staff members killed in yesterday's attack are pictured together in this photo, taken in 2000. Circled top from left is Philippe Honore, Georges Wolinski, Bernard Maris and Jean Cabut. Below them on the stairs, from left, is editor Stephane Charbonnier and cartoonist Bernard ‘Tignous’ Verlhac (source: UK Daily Mail)