The document carried the name of 34-year-old Said Kouachi, a man with no police record, the officials said. But, following the trails, investigators dug out court files of his brother, Chérif Kouachi, 32, who was sentenced to an 18-month prison term in 2008 for being part of a terror group, according to Paris prosecutors…
Police officials said they were puzzled as to whether the ID card of the elder Mr. Kouachi had been dropped by accident or had been left voluntarily, in a move to claim responsibility for the attack.
“You cannot rule out the possibility they left the ID intentionally,” said Emmanuel Quemener, a police officer affiliated with the Alliance union…
“The investigation risks being long,” Pierre-Henry Brandet, a spokesman for the interior ministry, said on French television iTele. “We must prepare ourselves for a hunt that could take several days,” he added.
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