By Hend Kortam, Aswat Masriya The Egyptian foreign ministry has established contact with the family of the Egyptian killed in the coordinated attacks that struck Paris on Nov. 13 to secure compensation from the French government, the ministry spokesman said Monday. Egyptian national Salah Emad al-Gebaly was among the victims killed in at least six coordinated attacks that took place in the French capital, claiming the lives of 130 people. He is believed to be among the dozens who died in the Bataclan Theatre, where victims were either shot or bombed to death when three suicide attackers blew themselves up following a brief hostage situation. Spokesman Ahmed Abu Zeid told state news agency MENA that the ministry is talking to his family to collect the required documents to send them to French authorities. As part of its counter-terrorism strategy, France has a specific victim compensation scheme that was set up in 1986. The French foreign ministry website says the fund “provides compensation to all victims, whatever their nationality, of terrorist acts perpetrated in France and to all French victims of terrorist acts perpetrated outside France.” But a Reuters report dated…
Egypt in Contact With Paris Attack Victim’s Family to Secure Compensation From France
November 24, 2015
