According to an eyewitness, 33-year-old Cédric Le Béchec, the terrorists told a man in the street to “Tell the media that this is al Qaeda in the Yemen” before carrying out their attack on Charlie Hebdo. Corinne “Coco” Rey, one of the cartoonists who survived the attack, also said the assailants “spoke perfect French” and “claimed to be from al Qaeda.” In posted videos, the gunmen can be heard shouting “Allahu Akbar” and they looked well-trained, especially as they were quickly in and out.
