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The main suspect “could not bear” the Mohammed cartoons, he said. A total of nine suspects are now in police custody.
Following the attack in front of the former offices of the French satirical newspaper “Charlie Hebdo” in Paris, police arrested two other suspects on Saturday. According to information from legal circles, he is a brother and acquaintance of the main suspect. A total of nine suspects are now in police custody.
In front of the former headquarters of the “Charlie Hebdo” newsroom in Paris, an attacker on Friday attacked two journalists from an agency with a knife and seriously wounded them. Soon after, an 18-year-old Pakistani man was arrested near the Place de la Bastille.
Muhammad cartoons “can’t stand”
According to information from investigators, he has now confessed to the fact. As a reason he named the reissue of controversial cartoons of Muhammad by “Charlie Hebdo”, which he “could not bear.” Therefore, he assumed that the satirical newspaper, which has been working in a secret place under police protection since the attack in 2015, is still in its old office.
The younger brother of the main suspect was arrested on Saturday in the Val-d’Oise administrative district north of Paris, according to judicial circles. The second arrest is also a man from the alleged perpetrator’s personal environment. Six men had already been arrested Friday night, including a former roommate of the main suspect.
On the other hand, an Algerian who had initially been detained was released overnight because he had nothing to do with the attack. According to his own account, he observed the crime as an eyewitness and even followed the attacker. His attorney Lucie Simon said Saturday that her client had behaved “heroically” and therefore should be treated as a “hero.”
Islamist act of terrorism
French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin spoke of an act of Islamist terrorism on Friday night. The French antiterrorist prosecutor’s office is investigating an assassination attempt in connection with a terrorist act and the formation of a terrorist organization. The Al-Qaeda terrorist network had previously threatened an attack due to the reissue of the controversial “Charlie Hebdo” Muhammad cartoons.
In January 2015, two Islamists cold-bloodedly murdered twelve people in an attack on the satirical newspaper, including some of France’s most famous cartoonists. The trial against potential sponsors is ongoing in Paris.
(APA / AFP)
