The day after the attack on two police officers in Colombes, in the Hauts-de-Seine, the motivations of the main suspect remain to be determined. The latter, unknown to the police, deliberately ran into his car with two officers who were carrying out a traffic check on Monday afternoon. He struck them head on and attempted to crush them against the municipal police vehicle, parked behind. The days of the victims are no longer in danger. One of the bikers has multiple fractures, in both legs, wrist and skull, but the brain is not affected. The other also has a broken leg.
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A desire to "kill a cop"
When it was extracted from the carcass of his BMW, Youssef T., 30, repeated several times that he wanted to "kill the cops", because of what is happening in Palestine. The suspect was known only for old facts of common law. He was also the subject of a legal reminder for contempt of agent in 2014.
"He confirms having committed a deliberate gesture, premeditated clearly wanted it, he says, 'kill a cop and end up a martyr'," explains Yves Lefebvre, Secretary General Unit SGP Police FO, interviewed by Europe 1.
A letter of allegiance to Daesh found
In the vehicle of the main suspect, the investigators found, filed in evidence, what could resemble a letter of allegiance to the Islamic State. The home of Youssef T., located in Colombes, was searched in the evening. "The fact that he claims his allegiance to Daesh is one thing, the investigation will demonstrate it. Now the characterization of the fact: from the moment when we deliberately attack police officers, gendarmes, in short those who represent the institution, the values of the Republic, I qualify that as a terrorist act ", assures Yves Lefebvre.
At this stage, the Hauts de Seine judicial police services and the criminal brigade are responsible for the investigation. Before ruling on the result, the Nanterre prosecutor and the national anti-terrorist prosecutor wait to know the results of the search and the psychiatric examination. "As soon as you want to kill a cop, you are a terrorist, no more no less," assumes the union official.