Eight police custody are still in progress: the man posing as Hassan A., the main suspect, five former roommates of his apartment in Pantin, his little brother and an acquaintance.
Hassan A. "took responsibility" on Saturday, acknowledging that he was targeting "Charlie Hebdo" which recently reposted cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad.
Eight custody was underway Sunday morning in the investigation into the chopper attack Friday in Paris which thought to target Charlie Hebdo and left two seriously injured, said a judicial source.
Police custody was lifted late Saturday afternoon, that of a "former roommate", in Cergy, in Val-d'Oise, of the main suspect who presents himself as Hassan A., aged 18 years old and born in Pakistan.
Eight police custody were still in progress: the man posing as Hassan A., five former roommates of his apartment in Pantin, his little brother and an acquaintance.
As early as Friday evening, a man initially considered suspect and placed in police custody, "Youssef", a 33-year-old Algerian, was released.
The man, a "hero" according to his lawyer, had actually tried to stop the attacker with a knife, which the investigation corroborated.
The main suspect "took responsibility"
The main suspect in the attack outside the former Charlie Hebdo premises "took responsibility" on Saturday, acknowledging that he was targeting the satirical weekly which recently republished cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad, according to sources familiar with the investigation.
The suspect, born in Pakistan, believed that the premises targeted were still those of Charlie Hebdo, according to the same source.
The editorial staff of Charlie Hebdo, which has moved to a secret location for four years, has come under new threats since this satirical weekly once again published cartoons of Muhammad on September 2, to mark the opening of the trial of the accomplices of the authors of the bloody attack that targeted its editorial staff in 2015.