Gunman tried to justify market raid to hostages, recording apparently shows

Gunman tried to justify market raid to hostages, recording apparently shows

Amedy Coulibaly apparently tried to justify himself to his hostages in a deadly standoff at a kosher market in eastern Paris -- and perhaps unbeknownst to him, a radio station was listening, a recording purportedly reveals.

French radio station RTL says that it called the market Friday after authorities say Coulibaly took customers and workers hostage. Coulibaly apparently took the call and then tried to hang up, the station says, but the line remained open.

In a recording of what followed, a man the station identifies as Coulibaly holds a dialogue with others -- apparently hostages -- in which he says he attacked because the French military has attacked Muslims in the Middle East and Mali, including ISIS militants.

"I was born in France. If they didn't attack other countries, I wouldn't be here," a voice says in RTL's recording.

http://edition.cnn.com/2015/01/10/world/france-market-shooting-scene/