The Islamic State militant who planned last year’s attack on French satirical news outlet Charlie Hebdo, was killed in a U.S. drone strike, Defense Department officials confirmed on Friday.
Boubaker el Hakim was killed in the air strike last month in Raqqa, Syria, a region that has become a stronghold for the terrorist group, according to a report.
On Jan. 7, 2015, brothers Cherif and Said Kouachi broke into the magazine’s Paris headquarters and fatally shot 12 people and wounded 11 others. The weekly magazine was targeted because of how it negatively portrays political and religious leaders, including Muhammed, the central figure in Islam.
