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7 May, 2015

Drone kills Al Qaeda leader

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Al Qaeda announces the death of one of their senior leaders along with other operatives by drone strike. A U.S. based security firm confirms this statement.

A senior al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula leader who claimed the group’s responsibility for the Charlie Hebdo massacre and the murder of an American hostage during a botched raid in December has been killed in a U.S. drone strike in Yemen.

7 Jan, 2015

12 dead, 8 injured

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Three masked gunmen kill 12 people, including the editor, and injure eight in an alleged terrorist attack on the Paris offices of Charlie Hebdo, a French satirical magazine. The search for the gunmen continues. One gunman, according to French video:

Hey! We avenged the Prophet Muhammed! We killed Charlie Hebdo.

French President Francois Hollande:

[This is] a terrorist attack without a doubt