Malian Who Saved Lives in Kosher Grocery Attack Gets Nationality

When a gunman stormed a kosher grocery store last Friday in Paris, a quick-thinking employee hid customers in a basement refrigerator before escaping to alert police. France's Interior Ministry announced Thursday that Lassana Bathily's bravery has earned the Mali native French citizenship. Bathily, a practicing Muslim, said religion was irrelevant to his actions. The 24-year-old told France's BFM TV, "We are all brothers. It's not a question of being Jews,...

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