Police identified the Charlie Hebdo Islamic killers as brothers Said and Cherif Kouachi and Hamyd Mourad.
Hamyd Mourad handed himself in to police … on Wednesday (Jan 7) at 11.00 pm (6am Singapore time) after seeing his name circulating on social media,” the source told AFP. “He has been arrested and taken into custody,” another source confirmed.
Hamid Mourad is 18 years-old and just graduated from high school.
Friends of his say on Facebook that he was in school at the time of the attack.
The Times of Israel reported:
“Hamyd Mourad handed himself in to police… on Wednesday at 11:00 pm (2200 GMT) after seeing his name circulating on social media,” the source told AFP. “He has been arrested and taken into custody,” another source confirmed.
Late Wednesday night, authorities said an anti-terror raid was under way in the northeastern city of Reims. According to ITele, a family member of Mourad was arrested in the operation.