French prosecutor seeks pretrial detention for suspect in shooting near Paris
Prosecutors say the suspect admitted targeting people he believed were Muslim or African, and one victim was killed while seven others were wounded.
- On Sunday, France's National Anti-Terrorism Prosecutor's Office suspended police custody of 39-year-old suspect Kevin T., transferring him to a psychiatric unit for a 48-hour observation period to assess his fitness for further interrogation.
- The suspect opened fire from a vehicle on Friday, October 23, in Trappes and La Verrière, killing 26-year-old Pengo Bossio Wangi and wounding five others, including a 12-year-old girl, before police arrested him in nearby Coignières.
- Investigators discovered a submachine gun, tear gas, and booby-trapped gas cylinders at the suspect's home, alongside a copy of Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf; he reportedly told police he sought to "avenge" shops looted on October 17.
- President Emmanuel Macron condemned the shooting as a "racist terrorist attack," describing it as a "turning point" for the Republic, while hundreds gathered in Trappes on Saturday to pay tribute to the victims and demand justice.
- Lawyer Yassine Bouzrou, representing the family of Bossio Wangi, called the decision to end formal detention "very rare" and warned of a "worrying pattern" where far-right perpetrators' mental state is questioned to deflect from ideological motives.
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The latest statements of Kevin T. make the motive for the Trappes attack much less mysterious. In front of the investigators, the 39-year-old acknowledged the premeditation and explained that he had targeted people whom he perceived as Muslim, African or North African. Yet he continues to assure that he is not racist and regrets nothing. The national prosecutor [...] The article Trappes Attentate: Kevin T. admits to having chosen his victims bec…
Kevin T. had a racist motive when he opened fire last week in the Paris suburb of Trappes. The 39-year-old suspect is being prosecuted for, among other things, murder with a terrorist intent.
The attack took place on Friday 23rd in Trappes and La Verrière, 30 km from Paris, causing the death of Pengo Bossio Wangi, a 26-year-old black youth.
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