Tributes pour in for Diesel, the French police dog killed in St. Denis

Diesel.
(Image credit: Twitter.com/jesuischien)

Diesel, a French police dog, is being hailed as a hero after the 7-year-old Belgian Malinois was killed during the raid early Wednesday in the Paris suburb of St. Denis.

French police announced Diesel's death on Twitter, and soon, people around the world started to use the hashtag #JeSuisChien to honor the dog.

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.