Hypercacher is a Paris kosher supermarket where an Islamist terrorist murdered four Jewish hostages during the January 2015 Île-de-France attacks. Through 2015 the opening said "On 9 January 2015, Islamist terrorist Amedy Coulibaly held several hostages at gunpoint at the Porte de Vincennes branch," and that "Four hostages were murdered by Coulibaly, who then was killed by police." Today the opening carries only a photo caption reading "after the terrorist attack," with the perpetrator's name, the hostage-taking, and the four murders gone; hostage appears 0 times in the opening today and survives 5 times in the body. A reader today learns Hypercacher is a kosher supermarket chain with branches in Paris and Rome, and not that a named Islamist terrorist murdered four Jewish hostages there.
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Hypercacher branch at Porte de Vincennes Hypercacher ( ; also Hyper Cacher or HyperCacher ; translated as "Super Kosher") is a chain of kosher supermarkets in France and Italy .1 There are branches in and around Paris ( Porte de Vincennes , rue de Manin , rue de l'Ourcq , La Villette , rue Bayen , rue Jean-de-la-La-Fontaine , Montreuil , Créteil , Sarcelles , Saint Gratien ), as well as in Nice and Rome . The first branch was opened in March 1992 in Montreuil, and branches have been opened regularly from that date until 2013. The company's president is Michel Emsalem. On 9 January 2015, Islamist terrorist Amedy Coulibaly held several hostages at gunpoint at the Porte de Vincennes branch in the eastern suburbs of Paris. Four hostages were murdered by Coulibaly, who then was killed by police. "Paris Jewish supermarket siege: Muslim 'Bonnie and Clyde' Hayat Boumeddiene and Amedy Coulibaly wanted by police" .2
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The Hypercacher superette at Porte de Vincennes after the terrorist attack on 9 January 2015 The superette in June 2016. Hypercacher ( ; also Hyper Cacher or HyperCacher ; translated as "Super Kosher") is a chain of kosher supermarkets in France and Italy . There are branches in and around Paris ( Porte de Vincennes , rue de Manin , rue de l'Ourcq , La Villette , rue Bayen , rue Jean-de-la-La-Fontaine , Montreuil , Créteil , Sarcelles , Saint Gratien ), as well as in Nice and Rome .
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Kosher supermarket chain The Hypercacher superette at Porte de Vincennes after the terrorist attack on 9 January 2015 The superette in June 2016. Hypercacher ( ; also Hyper Cacher or HyperCacher ; translated as "Super Kosher") is a chain of kosher supermarkets in France and Italy . There are branches in and around Paris ( Porte de Vincennes , rue de Manin , rue de l'Ourcq , La Villette , rue Bayen , rue Jean-de-la-La-Fontaine , Montreuil , Créteil , Sarcelles , Saint Gratien ), as well as in Nice and Rome .
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Kosher supermarket chain The Hypercacher superette at Porte de Vincennes after the terrorist attack on 9 January 2015 The superette in June 2016 Hypercacher ( pronounced [ipɛʁkaʃɛʁ] ; also Hyper Cacher or HyperCacher ; translated as "Hyper Kosher") is a chain of kosher supermarkets in France and Italy . There are branches in and around Paris ( Porte de Vincennes , rue de Manin , rue de l'Ourcq , La Villette , rue Bayen , rue Jean-de-la-La-Fontaine , Montreuil , Créteil , Sarcelles , Saint Gratien ), as well as in Nice and Rome .
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