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The family lawyer of the suspect arrested after the death of Mamoudou Barry, Guinean teacher-researcher, last Friday in Rouen, contests the racist nature of the attack.
Arrested on Monday morning, the alleged attacker of the Guinean teacher-researcher Mamoudou Barry had seen his custody quickly lifted for medical reasons. The 29-year-old French is still hospitalized in psychiatry.
A judicial inquiry was opened Monday for "voluntary violence resulting in death without intention to give". The prosecutor also retained the aggravating factor of the racist nature of the attack.
A qualification that makes the family's lawyer the suspect, Master Selçuk Demir, " skeptical ". " To know the young man, to know a little about his career, it's anything but a racist. He was a young man who visited a popular city, which had many friends of all origins and all faiths. So, we really are not in the profile of someone who could commit a crime of a racist nature , "he says.
He also points out that interrupting custody because of mental health disorders is " extremely rare ". Which, according to the lawyer, raises the question of " the state of health of the person concerned at the time of the facts ".
For its part, SOS Racisme intends to become a civil party in this case. The association calls to demonstrate everywhere in France against racism Saturday at 13h. And this Friday at 13h, a white march is organized in Rouen in tribute to Mamoudou Barry.