Quenelle comedian Dieudonné praises terrorist killer: 'As far as I am concerned, I feel I am Charlie Coulibaly'

Amedy Coulibaly took hostages and killed four people at the Hyper Cacher supermarket in eastern Paris last Friday before being killed by police

Alain Soral, left, and Dieudonné M’bala M’bala have formed a political party (Corbis)

The anti-semitic French comedian Dieudonné has declared his admiration for the terrorist who murdered four people at a kosher supermarket in Paris last Friday.

Dieudonné M’Bala M’bala, 48, who has several convictions for making anti-semitic comments and jokes, came to international attention 12 months ago after the footballer Nicolas Anelka performed his trademark gesture the “quenelle” during a Premier League match.

In a statement on his Facebook page after the 1,500,000 strong “march against hatred” in Paris , Dieudonné declared: “As far as I am concerned, I feel I am Charlie Coulibaly”.

Dieudonné had said earlier that he would take part in the Paris march to express his support for freedom of speech. After it ended on Sunday night, he posted a mocking statement on his Facebook page.

The message generated a wave of indignant csomments on social media and tweets and was referred to the French police. It was removed from Dieudonné’s page after a few hours.