A man suspected of being the author of an assault with a chopper in front of the Sarcelles (Val-d'Oise) police station in September 2020 was indicted for “attempted murder” and imprisoned on Wednesday, the prosecution said. from Pontoise on Saturday.
Aged 25, this man born in Pakistan was arrested Monday in the Paris region, said the same source, confirming information from the
Parisian
.
According to the daily, the man, in an irregular situation for several years, was arrested at the administrative detention center (CRA) of Mesnil-Amelot (Seine-et-Marne).
He was indicted for "attempted murder" and remanded in custody on Wednesday.
According to a source familiar with the matter, he was identified by his DNA.
No connection between victim and suspect
In September 2020, a 27-year-old man was seriously injured with a machete and hit in the carotid artery in front of the Sarcelles police station. The victim had come to lodge a complaint shortly before 10 pm and was waiting in front of the police station for an agent to open the gates for him, when a "man draped in a blanket over his shoulders hit him with a small machete", had then specified a source close to the investigation. The same day, a chopper attack left two people injured in Paris in front of the former
Charlie Hebdo
premises
, in the midst of the murderous attack that targeted the satirical weekly in 2015.
"As it stands, no link appears between the two men," said another source close to the matter.
The profile of the person arrested would rather be that of a "homeless person who would have abused alcohol," said the first source close to the case.
The investigation had been entrusted to the judicial police of Versailles.
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