Almost 300,000 people signed an online petition online to grant Lassana Bathily citizenship
A Muslim employee of a kosher grocery store
in Paris who helped protect customers during an attack on the store last week will receive French citizenship, the Interior Ministry said Thursday.
Lassana Bathily, 24, has been hailed as a hero for ushering several customers into a walk-in freezer to hide them from the attack. Almost 300,000 people have signed an online petition to grant him citizenship.