The French Muslim police officer who was murdered as he responded to the Charlie Hebdo terror attack in Paris is being honoured by a Twitter campaign: #JeSuisAhmed.
Ahmed Merabet (42), who rushed to the scene of the massacre on his bicycle, was shot dead in the street outside the offices of the magazine Charlie Hebdo — and now his name is sweeping the internet as people mark his heroism.
The officer, aged 42, who was from the north-eastern suburbs of Paris, was killed as he tried to stop the two heavily armed killers from fleeing the offices of the satirical magazine that had poked fun at his religion. — © Guardian Newspapers Limited, 2015
