Parisian kosher supermarket reopens 2 months after Charlie Hebdo attacks

Parisian kosher supermarket HyperCacher opens for business again

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published 16 March 2015

Hyper Cacher opened on Sunday for the first time since an Islamist gunman took everyone inside the Parisian kosher supermarket hostage two months ago, killing four people before police shot him dead in a raid. French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve stopped by the store to show the support of the French government, and a small line had formed before the market opened at 9 a.m.

The shelves aren't completely stocked yet, and all new employees were working in the store. But buying kosher food wasn't the only reason people showed up at the reopening. "Being here now is an act of conscience," Annie Boukobza, 60, told The New York Times. "We have to show the world we are here." The shoppers in the Reuters video below sound similar notes. —Peter Weber

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Peter has worked as a news and culture writer and editor at The Week since the site's launch in 2008. He covers politics, world affairs, religion and cultural currents. His journalism career began as a copy editor at a financial newswire and has included editorial positions at The New York Times Magazine, Facts on File, and Oregon State University.