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Tuesday 16 Jun 2015 - 13:38 Makkah mean time-29-8-1436
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New York, (IINA) - The Parisian Muslim who helped save a group of Jewish hostages during the January terror attack in his adopted city, Paris, was honored in New York city, and called a hero, according to media reports.
Lassana Bathily was honored on Friday by New York Mayor Bill de Blasio, who presented him with an official city proclamation honoring him for his actions in the Hyper Cacher attack in Paris on January 9.
De Blasio who met with Bathily at the Islamic Center of Brighton Beach called him a “real hero” who “stood up to protect human life even when his own life is in danger.”
“We are so blessed to have you with us,” he said.
Bathily, who worked at the Hyper Cacher supermarket in Paris, was in the basement when a gunman entered the kosher store. He hid the Jewish shoppers, including a 2-year-old child, in the supermarket freezer.
Lassana was flown to New York to be honored at the annual scholarship dinner of the NYPD Muslim Officers Society, the New York Daily News reported.
The attack on the grocery store was part of a three-day terrorist killing spree that began with an assault on the offices of satirical French magazine Charlie Hebdo and left 17 people dead.
Earlier in the week, the American Jewish Committee presented Bathily with its Moral Courage Award during its 2015 Global Forum in Washington D.C.
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