Muslim who saved Paris kosher store attack hostages receives French nationality

January 21, 2015 By La rédaction de Mediapart

Malian-born Lassana Bathily, 24, who came to France eight years ago, said 'I'm not a hero' and that he was 'proud and moved' to become French.

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A Malian-born Muslim employee who hid customers from an Islamist gunman at a Paris kosher supermarket this month has been granted French nationality, reports BBC News.

Muslim who saved Paris kosher store attack hostages receives French nationality

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