US EditionTrial of the Attack on Romans-Sur-Isère: the Discernment of the Accused in the Prism of Psychiatry
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The Sudanese refugee was suffering from hallucinatory delusions. Was he aware of his actions when stabbing passers-by in 2020 in Romans-sur-Isère? Psychiatric experts tried to enlighten the court this Wednesday.
In front of the Paris Special Assize Court, Wednesday was dedicated to the clinical case of the accused, who, in 2020, stabbed two people to death and injured four others. One psychologist and three psychiatrists followed each other.
Eighth day of the hearing of the trial of the attack on Romans-Sur-Isère before the Paris Special Assize Court on Wednesday, November 5, 2025. The court hears six psychiatrists who examined the alleged terrorist, Abdhallah Osman Ahmed. Two of the three expert colleges have concluded that the judgement of the accused is impaired, the last talking about an abolition.
Police officers at the scene of the attack after a man stabbed several people in downtown Romans-sur-Isère (Drôme) on 4 April 2020. JEFF PACHOUD/AFP In recent years, terrorist attacks have increasingly involved a psychiatric dimension. The trial of the attack in Romans-sur-Isère (Drôme) is a paroxysmic expression with an accused, Abdallah Osman Ahmed, a Sudanese refugee who stabbed two people to death and wounded four others on 4 April 2020, in …
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