A thousand people in Rambouillet and police gathered in front of the police stations of several cities in France: this Monday, tributes were paid to Stéphanie M., the administrative agent murdered Friday by a radicalized 36-year-old Tunisian.

In her speech on the steps of the Town Hall, the mayor of Rambouillet Véronique Matillon praised “the exceptional woman” that was Stéphanie M. who “devoted her life” to “others”.

At his side, the daughters and husband of the victim as well as Gérard Larcher, Gérald Darmanin and Marlène Schiappa.

"We will not waver in the face of such an abomination," promised the city councilor who passed his hand with compassion on the back of the youngest of the victim's daughters, in tears.

A shock still very present

Three days after the shock, more than a thousand people hailed the memory of Stéphanie M., even if "it will not return their mother to her daughters," sighs Claire Auber, a 72-year-old pensioner. At the call in particular of the SGP Police Unit union, officials also gathered on Monday in front of the police stations in several cities in France.

In front of the Marseille police station, around fifty officers expressed their support.

Karine Apavou, member of the Independent National Union of Technical Administrative Staff, insists: “We have always said that we are not sufficiently valued, protected.

We would like to be treated as active civil servants ”, underlines the one who calls for a“ reflection ”around“ the protection of reception agents ”.

"The police are a target, we die of being a police officer," trembles Linda Kebbab, national delegate for SGP FO Unit, in front of the police station of the 4th arrondissement of Paris.

The assailant shot by the police

When Stéphanie M. returns to the police station after having regularized the parking disc of her vehicle, she is attacked by a man who "rushes behind her in the entrance hall", described Sunday the national anti-terrorism prosecutor, Jean-François Ricard.

He then stabbed him twice "in the abdomen and in the throat" and according to witnesses shouted "Allah Akbar".

The official, who was not armed, died on the spot despite the intervention of the firefighters.

The assailant, shot by a police officer, was identified as Jamel Gorchene, a 36-year-old Tunisian, radicalized "little questionable" and presenting "certain personality disorders", according to François Ricard, who described the attack as “The 17th Islamist terrorist action committed in France since 2014 against the police”.

"In the fight against Islamist terrorism, we will not give in"

Friday and Saturday, four people were taken into custody: Jamel Gorchene's father, who lived with him in Rambouillet, a couple living in Val-de-Marne who resided administratively and another cousin.

On Sunday, another of his cousins ​​was also taken into custody.

The couple was released Sunday at the end of the day "without prosecution at this stage", according to a judicial source.

Jamel Gorchene, delivery driver, had no criminal record and was unknown to the intelligence and justice services.

But its modus operandi corresponds to recurring calls from the Islamic State (IS) group to attack the police.

This attack put the terrorist threat back on the top of the political agenda.

"From the fight against Islamist terrorism, we will not give up anything", tweeted Friday Emmanuel Macron who visited the family of the victim on Saturday, "very upset and very dignified" declared the Elysee Palace.

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