FRANCE-SHOOTING/POLICEWOMAN-FUNERAL UPDATE Funeral for policewoman killed in Paris shooting
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FRANCE-SHOOTING/POLICEWOMAN-FUNERAL UPDATE Funeral for policewoman killed in Paris shooting
- Title: FRANCE-SHOOTING/POLICEWOMAN-FUNERAL UPDATE Funeral for policewoman killed in Paris shooting
- Date: 20th January 2015
- Summary: ****WARNING CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** VARIOUS OF PEOPLE GRIEVING MAN PLAYING GUITAR, SINGING COFFIN BEING PLACED INTO VAULT GRIEVING RELATIVES WIDE OF PEOPLE AT FUNERAL FLOWERS NEAR GRAVE
- Embargoed: 4th February 2015 12:00
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- Location: France
- Country: France
- Topics: General
- Reuters ID: LVA2JVHWILS7A74L7D5UADDAOSUQ
- Story Text: Hundreds of people in the French overseas territory of Martinique attended the church memorial service and funeral on Monday (January 19) of a policewoman killed in Paris.
Clarissa Jean-Philippe was shot dead during three days of violence in the French capital two weeks ago, during which 17 people were killed in attacks by Islamist militants.
In Sainte-Marie, Martinique, residents attended the church service and followed the procession through the streets of the town to the local cemetery.
Many expressed their shock and sadness at what had happened.
Jean-Philippe was killed on January 8, a day after an attack on satirical French magazine Charlie Hebdo.
Her killer is believed to have been Amedy Coulibaly, who killed four people after taking hostages at a kosher supermarket.
Among those who paid tribute to the slain policewoman was the mayor of Sainte-Marie, a town in the north of Martinique.
"Sainte-Marie will never forget her. Sainte-Marie will do everything so that Clarissa will be recognized. A public square, a monument will be dedicated to Clarissa, it will carry her name. And posthumously on August 15, Clarissa will be declared an "honorable citizen of Sainte-Marie". We shall never forget Clarissa, because she is everyone of us. I am Clarissa," said Bruno-Nestor Azerot.
Investigators in France are currently poring over the chain of events that led to three French nationals - two brothers with Algerian roots and a third of West African extraction - perpetrating the worst attacks in the country for decades. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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