Mourad Hamyd, wrongfully accused, Charlie Hebdo attack

Mourad Hamyd, the 18 year old brother in law of one of the Kouachi brothers who perpetrated the Charlie Hendo attack in Paris that killed 12, was wrongfully accused of being involved and was in school when the terrorist attack at the newspaper happened. As soon as Mourad found out about the accusations against him the teen turned himself in to the local police in order to straighten things out. Hamyd was often called the third suspect, but numerous witnesses have stated that the teen was in school with classmates when his distant brother in law was involved in the violent Paris attack. The police released Hamyd Friday without any charges at all after verifying that he was not one of the gunmen who committed the massacre at the newspaper office, and the teen was visibly shaken and shocked to find himself linked to the terrorist actions of the distant relative.

When the wrongfully accused teen talked to journalists about not being involved in the Charlie Hebdo attack Wednesday Mourad Hamyd said “I was stunned, completely overwhelmed by the events but the police officers were very correct with me. I’m in shock, people said horrible and false things about me on social media even though I am a normal student who lives quietly with his parents. The attack was horrific and my thoughts are with the victims. I only hope this won’t taint my future. I have nothing to do with this whole thing, Cherif is just my brother-in-law with whom we have a fairly distant relationship.”