Drone strike kills militant linked to Charlie Hebdo attack

Washington - Boubaker Al Hakim was killed late last month in Raqqa, the Daesh's defacto capital in Syria.

A US drone strike in Syria has killed an Daesh militant linked to the Jan. 7 2015 attack on satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo in Paris, defense officials said on Friday.

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Boubaker Al Hakim was killed late last month in Raqqa, the Daesh's defacto capital in Syria, the officials said, adding he was believed to be involved with planning the attack.
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Charlie Hebdo, known for its satirical covers gleefully ridiculing political and religious leaders, lost many of its top editorial staff when brothers Cherif and Said Kouachi, armed with assault rifles and other weapons, broke into an editorial meeting and killed 12 people and wounded 11 others.
The attacks prompted a worldwide solidarity movement, with the "Je Suis Charlie" (I am Charlie) slogan going viral on social media.
Daesh, which has controlled parts of Iraq and Syria in recent years, has lost some territory this year to Iraqis and Syrians supported by a US-led coalition of air strikes and advisers.
Apart from the killings at Charlie Hebdo, Daesh sympathisers around the world have carried out other shootings and bombings of civilians.