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Officer killed after Charlie Hebdo attack honoured

France is continuing to mark the anniversary of the first major deadly assaults in Paris inspired by jihadist movements attacks which included shootings at the offices of a satirical magazine and a kosher supermarket.

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France is continuing to mark the anniversary of the first major deadly assaults in Paris inspired by jihadist movements attacks which included shootings at the offices of a satirical magazine and a kosher supermarket.

French president Franois Hollande attended a ceremony on the outskirts of Paris, held in honour of police officer Clarissa Jean-Philippe. She was was shot dead the day after two gunmen brothers entered the Paris offices of the weekly Charlie Hebdo on Jan. 7 and killed 11 people.

Police say the assailant who killed the officer in the Paris suburb of Montrouge knew the brothers.

On Jan. 8, the officer's attacker then raided a kosher supermarket in the city's easternmost neighbourhood, where he killed four hostages before being shot himself.

Hollande unveiled a commemorative plaque for Jean-Philippe, the 26-year-old police officer who was shot dead by a French Islamist gunman, Amedy Coulibaly. The French president also joined Montrouge Mayor Jean-Loup Metton in laying a wreath of flowers near the scene of the killing alongAvenue Pierre-Brossolette.

Last January's attacks opened what proved to be a bloody year in France, with a wave of suicide bombings and shootings on Nov. 13 claiming another 130 lives.

On Sunday, the final day of a week of remembrance, an oak tree will be planted in the Place de la Republique in a ceremony attended by Hollande.

President Franois Hollande lays a wreath during a memorial service Saturday on the outskirts of the French capital, held for a police officer killed a day after the mass shooting at the offices of the weekly Charlie Hebdo in eastern Paris. (Reuters)

With files from Reuters