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France's most wanted woman has fled to Syria - reports

Saturday, 10 January 2015, 18:03 Last update: about 10 years ago

Hayat Boumeddiene has reportedly fled to Syria.

The wife of terrorist Amedi Coulibaly took a flight from Madrid to Instanbul yesterday accompanied by a man whose brother was known to French intelligence services, Le Parisien has said. 

The last confirmed sighting of her was on Thursday night when she was seen with Coulibaly.

It's now thought she was nowhere near when Coulibaly killed the rookie policewoman but detectives say she was certainly involved in the logistics. 

Police were today interrogating the wives of the Kouachi brothers responsible for the Charlie Hebdo massacre in a bid to track down Boumeddiene.

Boumeddiene, described as armed and dangerous, has been on the run since the slaying of rookie policewoman, Clarissa Jean-Phillipe, by her terrorist husband Amedy Coulibaly.

Hundreds of phone calls between Boumeddiene and Izzana Hamyd, wife of Cherif Kouachi, have shown up on mobile records. Five hundred in all were made last year.

Also being held is the wife or girlfriend of the older Kouachi brother, Said.

French Algerian Boumeddiene is now not thought to have been with Coulibaly at any time in the Kosher Supermarket and to have fled immediately after the killing. 

Photos which appeared in the media show her wearing a skimpy bikini with her arms wrapped around her lover's waist before she turned into a jihadi killer's accomplice and became France's most wanted woman.

The couple 'married' in a religious ceremony after Boumedienne, who was never seen without her veil, waited four years for him to come out of jail following his conviction for armed robbery. 

The couple were never married in a civil ceremony - the only form of marriage legally accepted in France. 

 

 

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