French prosecutor seeks pretrial detention for suspect in shooting near Paris
Authorities say the suspect admitted targeting people he believed were Muslim or African, and investigators found weapons, extremist books and booby-trap materials.
- 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.
French shooting suspect deliberately targeted Muslims and Africans, says prosecutor
A man suspected of a gun attack in the Paris suburbs last week, killing one person and wounding seven including a child, has admitted to "targeting individuals who appeared to be Muslim or African," prosecutors said on Thursday.
The suspect in last week's terrorist attack in the Paris suburb of Trappes has admitted to having a racist and Islamophobic motive. Kevin T. says he chose Trappes because it is allegedly a "refuge for Islamists." He claims to have no remorse. "He admits that he specifically targeted 'Muslims and people of African or North African descent'," the public prosecutor announced today. T. also reportedly admitted during his interrogation that he had p…
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