Simon Fieschi was working as a webmaster for the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo when it was the target of an attack. He had been seriously injured by a gunshot. He died this Thursday, October 17, said the Paris prosecutor’s office.
“An investigation into the causes of death was opened following the discovery of the body of Simon Fieschi on October 17“, indicated the prosecution, which clarified that”no hypothesis” could not be privileged at this stage.
“An autopsy was ordered, the findings of which were unable to determine the cause of death. Investigations continue“, adds the prosecution. According to a source close to the case, his body was found Thursday in a hotel room in Paris. He was 40 years old.
“Contrary to what has been announced by certain media, there is no evidence in favor of a voluntary gesture at this stage investigations and the causes of death are still currently unknown“, underlined for her part Me Nathalie Senyk, calling “everyone to be particularly vigilant before the final report of the investigation“.
Many people have praised his memory on X.”Simon Fieschi was struggling to overcome the horror of which he had been a victim. There are scars that many no longer see but which never heal“, reacted François Hollande, President of the Republic at the time of the attack on Charlie Hebdo.
First victim
Simon Fieschi was the first victim of the Chérif and Saïd Kouachi brothers when they entered the editorial offices, hit by a Kalashnikov bullet fired at point blank range by one of the two attackers.
He had survived, although with serious after-effects. He recounted in a poignant article published in October 2020 in Charlie Hebdo his slow return to life after waking up from a coma, punctuated by unbearable pain.
In September, he attended the trial of Peter Cherif, sentenced to life imprisonment by the Paris Special Assize Court. The jihadist was judged in particular for the role he had played, while he was part of the ranks of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (Aqpa), with Chérif Kouachi before the attack.
Called to testify, Simon Fieschi, who only moved with a crutch, declared, unlike the other civil parties to the trial, that he had had “all the answers” that he wanted, while Peter Cherif refused to answer questions from magistrates and lawyers on his exact role with the assailant.
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