French soldiers patrol on the streets of Paris. (Associated Press)
Paris:
France has formally charged four suspects with assisting one of the Islamist gunmen who carried out the Paris attacks, a prosecutor said on Wednesday.
Four men aged between 22 and 28 were charged and remanded in custody on Tuesday night, three of whom are suspected of having bought "equipment" for Amedy Coulibaly, who gunned down a policewoman and killed four people in a hostage drama at a Jewish supermarket two weeks ago.