Paris gunman bought weapons in Belgium: reports

January 14, 2015 23:22

French Islamist gunman Amedy Coulibaly bought most of the weapons used in last week's Paris attacks in Belgium, Belgian newspapers reported today.

The Kalashnikov rifle and rocket launchers used by brothers Said and Cherif Kouachi in the Charlie Hebdo magazine attack were bought by Coulibaly near the Gare du Midi railway station for less than 5,000 euros (USD 7,000), Flemish newspaper Het Laatste Nieuws reported.

The Scorpio assault rifle that Coulibaly used during a hostage-taking at a Jewish supermarket in Paris also came from Brussels, the newspaper said, quoting "very well placed sources."

Belgian prosecutors declined to comment immediately when contacted by AFP.

Separately, a known trafficker from Charleroi, south of Brussels, handed himself in to police yesterday saying he had been in contact with Coulibaly in recent months, the Belga news agency reported.

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