In Paris, a final tribute to Aboubakar Cissé before the repatriation of his body to Mali

The Great Mosque of Paris held this Monday, May 5, a gathering ceremony in memory of Abubakar Cissé, killed dozens of stab wounds in a mosque in La Grande-Combe, in the Gard, on April 25.

Rector Chems-Eddine Hafiz denounced "an act of hatred, extreme violence, punctuated by anti-Islam invectives".

Members of the family of Abubakar Cissé must be received this Monday, May 5 in Paris by the Minister of the Interior. An invitation that surprises Yassine Bouzrou, the family lawyer, who considers that he "disrespected them in front of all France".

The suspect of the murder of Abubakar Cissé, killed in a mosque in La Grand-Combe (Gard) on 25 April, agreed to be handed over to France after visiting an Italian police station. The procedure was initiated.

The murder of the young Malian (of Muslim faith) in a mosque in the Gard on 25 April 2025 aroused various political reactions. Some right-wing and far-right deputies even refused to participate in the minute of silence dedicated to him in the National Assembly.

On Friday, April 25, 24-year-old Aboubakar Cissé was killed at work in the mosque in the French town of La Grand-Combe. The murder was filmed by the perpetrator, 21-year-old Oliver Hadzovic from Lyon. The killer is said to have shouted insults against Allah in the video. Cissé was stabbed between 40-50 times. French authorities have condemned the murder and described it as an anti-Muslim hate crime. The attack joins the series of historically hi…