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The 18-year-old main suspect reportedly confessed. He also mentioned new cartoons of Muhammad published by the satirical magazine “Charlie Hebdo,” French media reported on Saturday, citing researchers. Initially there was no confirmation from the prosecutor.
An employee of a film production company was injured in the attack near the former “Charlie Hebdo” newsroom on Friday afternoon. The main suspect could not bear the publication of the Mohammed cartoons, the AFP news agency reported.
The trial of the alleged helpers of the horror series has been taking place in Paris since the beginning of September in January 2015. At that time, a total of 17 people died. It all started with a heavy attack on Charlie Hebdo’s editorial team. At the start of the trial, the magazine republished cartoons of Mohammed. The editorial team, which now works in a secret location, has again been threatened.
The anti-terrorist unit of the prosecution has taken over the investigation. Interior Minister Grald Darmanin spoke of an “Islamist act of terror” on Friday night. The 18-year-old arrived in France a few years ago as an unaccompanied minor. He was reportedly born in Pakistan.
Meanwhile, more details have become known about the writing in the east of the French capital. The two victims were seriously injured in the face. “The attack was incredibly violent,” said one of the production company’s bosses, Luc Hermann, on Franceinfo broadcaster. “There was a real will to kill.” Both were operated on Friday. Now they are in two different hospitals.
The victims had just taken a smoke break when the attacker attacked them. It is said that later he fled to the subway. A short time later he was arrested nearby, in front of the opera in the Place de la Bastille. A second suspect is now on the run. It is said that he is a witness. Other suspects are still in police custody.
Interior Minister Darmanin announced that now other landmarks in France should be better protected. This includes the Bataclan concert hall, which was also the target of an attack in autumn 2015. The Paris police are criticized because there were no special protective measures around the old “Charlie Hebdo” newsroom.
FP chief Norbert Hofer responded in outrage to the attack in Paris in a broadcast on Saturday. “Europe is at a crossroads. If far-reaching consequences are not taken immediately, the achievements of humanism and the Enlightenment will be destroyed by the stupidity of immigration fanatics,” Hofer said.
He renewed the demand that asylum be granted only on the continent itself: “There must be a rigorous stop for the admission of more asylum seekers in Europe, the constant expulsion of criminal foreigners instead of welfare with a hug cell and a stop of general immigration during the duration of the crisis of the crown “. This would also have to go hand in hand with a restructuring of social systems, Hofer said.
