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Charlie Hebdo Attack's 12 Victims Included A Muslim Police Officer

These Are The 12 People Killed In The Charlie Hebdo Attack
Jessica Elgot
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During the shootings at the Paris headquarters of Charlie Hebdo, the masked gunman entered the building and called for the journalists by name, brutally killing them one by one.

These are the 12 murder victims, eight journalists, a guest editor, a maintenance worker and two police officers.

The victims of the Charlie Hebdo shooting
Stephane Charbonnier, known as Charb(01 of12)
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The most famous of the cartoonists, as well as the publisher and editor of Charlie Hebdo. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Jean Cabut, known as Cabu(02 of12)
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Charlie Hebdo’s lead cartoonist and one of France's most famous satirists (credit:RDA via Getty Images)
Bernard Verlhac, known as Tignous(03 of12)
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Tignous is seen here in front of the offices of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo. He was a member of Cartoonists for Peace. (credit:ALEXANDER KLEIN via Getty Images)
Georges Wolinski(04 of12)
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A Tunisian-born Jewish cartoonist who also contributed to Paris Match (credit:Ulf Andersen via Getty Images)
Bernard Maris(05 of12)
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An economist and analyst for Charlie Hebdo who was a regular left-leaning pundit on French TV
Michel Renaud(06 of12)
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The founder of "Rendez-vous de Carnet de Voyage," a travel-themed festival and a former political advisor, who was visiting the offices where he had been invited to guest-edit an edition
Ahmed Merabet(07 of12)
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A French Muslim police officer in the 11th arrondissement brigade, he was shot dead on the ground outside the office's as he tried to help staff
Philippe Honoré(08 of12)
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The cartoonist who drew the last cartoon tweeted by just moments before the shootings, of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi giving his New Year message
Frederic Boisseau(09 of12)
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A maintenance worker for the building that housed Charlie Hebdo (credit:Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
Mustapha Ourrad(10 of12)
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A sub-editor for Charlie Hebdo, and of Algerian descent (credit:Mousse/ABACA)
Elsa Cayat(11 of12)
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A psychoanalyst and biweekly columnist for Charlie Hebdo, writing a feature called "The Couch", and the only female victim (credit:Gerd Roth/DPA)
Franck Brinsolaro(12 of12)
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The 49-year-old policeman who was a security guard for Charb, who had been placed on an Al-Qaeda 'kill list' (credit:DAMIEN MEYER via Getty Images)

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