A Bulgarian prosecutor said Tuesday that a French citizen believed to be connected to one of the brothers who carried out last week’s attack on satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo has been arrested.
Regional prosecutor Darina Slavova told ABC News that Fritz-Joly Joachim, 29, was arrested on Jan. 1 for allegedly trying to smuggle his 3-year-old son into Syria.
Slavova told the news outlet that Bulgarian authorities received another warrant on Monday that alleged Joachim belonged to a “terrorist criminal group” and had been in communication with Charle Hebdo suspect Cherif Kouachi before attempting to enter Syria.
A suspected female accomplice of the Paris attackers, Hayat Boumeddiene, successfully entered Syria through Turkey the day after the Kouachi brothers gunned down twelve people at Charlie Hebdo’s offices, according to Turkish authorities.
