French comedian to be tried after Charlie Hebdo gag
A French comedian is to be tried on suspicion of glorifying terrorism after writing on Facebook he felt "Charlie Coulibaly", a word play combining the widespread "I am Charlie" vigil slogan and the name of one of the three gunmen. Amedy Coulibaly, whose name inspired the joke, killed a policewoman and four customers at a kosher shop last week in Paris, two days after two gunmen shot 12 people at and near the offices of the Charlie Hebdo newspaper.
Prosecutors launched an inquiry on Monday into the comment by Dieudonne M'bala M'bala, who has already faced accusations of anti-Semitism and mocked the killing of US reporter James Foley by Islamic State militants.
