Suspect in Racist Paris Shooting Transferred to Psychiatric Unit, Had Drugs in His System
- Last week, a 39-year-old man identified as Kevin drove a vehicle through Trappes and La Verriere, killing 26-year-old Pengo Bossio Wangi and wounding five others, including a 12-year-old girl hit by eight bullets.
- President Macron labelled the incident a "racist terrorist attack" after investigators found a Bible, a Koran, and a copy of Adolf Hitler's 'Mein Kampf' at Kevin's home, prompting his transfer to a psychiatric unit.
- Marches were held on Sunday in Trappes and Auvillers to support victims "and to denounce the trivialisation of racist hatred," with more demonstrations planned for Monday across France.
- Lawyer Yassine Bouzrou criticized a "worrying pattern" of attributing far-right attacks to mental illness, while SOS Racism president Dominique Sopo stated, "Racism is not a minor news item."
- The attack occurred amid deep social divisions in France, where far-right candidate Marine Le Pen leads in opinion polls six months before the presidential election.
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The pre-emptive arrest of the four closest to the author of the racist attack in Yvelines was lifted, the National Anti-Terrorist Park (PNAT) announces Monday, reports AFP.
Suspect in Paris shooting moved to police psychiatric unit
French authorities have transferred to a psychiatric unit a man suspected of a gun attack in the Paris suburbs that killed one person and wounded five, prosecutors said Sunday. The 39-year-old man, identified as Kevin T., is reportedly suffering from schizophrenia.
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The suspect in the attack on Trappes and La Verrière has seen his detention suspended since Sunday. At the same time, a shock video is circulating on social networks, in which the suspect is seen chasing a man with a scooter.
After the racist attack which resulted in one death and five injuries in the Yvelines on Friday 23 October, the suspect's custody was suspended for psychiatric reasons. Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez,...
- Raphaël Glucksmann was the guest of Elizabeth Martichoux in "Hello! Morning TF1" on Monday, October 26th. He went back to the racist attack that cost the life of a 26-year-old man and wounded five more last Friday in the Yvelines. The presidential candidate believes that this "abject attack does not come from anywhere". - Attack in Trappes: Raphaël Glucksmann deplores an "atmosphere of violence, racism and xenophobia in the country" (Policy).
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