Reports that they are dead, but this has never been proven and remain the subject of arrest warrants.
Against the highest serious rate of complicity in terror and a maximum life sentence are Mohamed Belhoucine, the eldest of the two brothers, and Ali Riza Polat, 35, a French citizen of Turkish origin who will be the highest of the defendants at the pier.
Polat, believed to be close to Coulibaly, is suspected of playing a central role in preparing the attacks by contributing to the creation of the arsenal used through the 3 perpetrators.
He is also accused of offering assistance “at all stages of preparation. “Immediately after the attacks, he made several attempts to leave France for Syria and has been detained since March 2015.
Mohamed Belhoucine is accused of being Coulibaly’s ideological mentor after reuniting him in prison, opening channels for IS, and writing Coulibaly’s loyalty oath to the group.
Most suspects are being tried for arrangements with a terrorist group, a punishable crime with up to 20 years in prison.
Those who escaped the massacres of Charlie Hebdo and Hyper Cacher are about to testify and the procedure is about to awaken memories of one of the darkest chapters in French history.
“This trial is a vital moment for them,” Marie-Laure Barre and Nathalie Senyk, the victims’ lawyers at Charlie Hebdo, told the AFP.
“They are waiting for justice to be done to locate who did what, knowing that those who pushed the cause are no longer there,” they added.
Among those who died in Charlie Hebdo were some of France’s most prominent cartoonists, and its director Stéphane Charbonnier, known as “Charb”, 47, Jean Cabut, 76, and Georges Wolinski of 80.
The publication’s willingness to offend the publication made her an advocate for freedom of expression for many, while others believe she crossed the line too often.
But the blood bath united the country of pain with the viral motto #JeSuisCharlie.
“This trial even counts if Amedy Coulibaly is dead,” said Patrick Klugman, a lawyer for Hyper Cacher’s victims. “Without those defendants in the box, Coulibaly would never have acted. “
Safya Akorri, a defense attorney, said the “rigor” of the French justice formula will be tested.