Muslim Hero in the Paris Attack Awarded French Citizenship

                         Selfless: When gunman Amedy Coulibaly entered the shop, Lassana Bathily turned off the freezer and hid shoppers inside before sneaking out and helping police free the hostages

The Kosher shop employee who saved several shoppers in the Paris attack has been granted a French Citizenship. The shop employee is Lassana Bathily,24 and a Muslim was praised for his courage and heroism by the Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve during a ceremony also attended by the Prime Minister Manuel Valls.

The Mali born shop clerk turned off the store freezer and hid the shoppers inside before sneaking out and helping the police free the hostages.
Their saviour: This image, taken by one of the hostages themselves, shows the scene inside a freezer to where shoppers, including several children, had been guided by Mr Bathily
The freezer where shoppers were hidden

Proud moment: French Prime Minister Manuel Valls, left, and French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve, center, award citizenship to Lassana Bathily during a ceremony in Paris
French Prime Minister,Interior Minster award citizenship to Lassana Bathily
                             
                       

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