Devoted – the victim who worked in supermarket to save up for his wedding
POSING happily with his girlfriend, this is a brave Hyper Cacher employee murdered during the Paris supermarket hostage siege.
Yohan Cohen, 22, was named as one of the four Jewish victims killed by Amedy Coulibaly during the attack, possibly after grabbing a discarded gun. One of Mr Cohen’s friends revealed on Twitter that he had been working at Hyper Cacher to pay for his future wedding to girlfriend Sharon Seb.
Last night, as condolences poured in from around the world, Ms Seb posted on Facebook the simple message: ‘Je suis Yohan.’ And later, in an emotional tribute to her boyfriend, she wrote: ‘What am I going to do without you? How am I going to live without you? Why you?
‘My life is ruined without you. I will never achieve anything now. I need you in my life. We had so many plans.
‘I will never forget all our time together. You will remain the man of my life for eternity. I will remain faithful to you until my dying breath. I love you with an indescribable passion.’
Earlier she had changed her Facebook profile picture, posting an image showing her hugging her boyfriend.
A friend wrote in the comment field underneath: ‘An eternal love.’
Mr Cohen’s aunt, Aurelie Pluvinage, uploaded a hand-drawn sketch of her nephew to her own Facebook page.
Mr Cohen, who was from Sarcelles in the northern suburbs of Paris, had only worked at the supermarket for a year.
Francois Pupponi, the deputy mayor of Sarcelles, said: ‘His family are devastated. He was a very nice boy.’