'Hero' Muslim employee who saved lives at Kosher supermarket in Paris praised for his courage as he is granted citizenship by France

Lassana Bathily, 24, was praised for his 'courage and heroism' by Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve during a ceremony in the presence of Prime Minister Manuel Valls. When gunman Amedy Coulibaly eburst in to the Hyper Cacher supermarket in Porte de Vincennes, Paris, on January 9, the 24-year-old turned off the freezer and hid shoppers inside before sneaking out and helping police free the hostages