Europe 1 with AFP 6:13 p.m., December 26, 2022, modified at 6:59 p.m., December 26, 2022
The 69-year-old main suspect, suspected of having killed three Kurds on Friday and injured three other people in Paris, was indicted and imprisoned on Monday, according to a judicial source.
He had recognized a "pathological hatred of foreigners".
He was indicted by an investigating judge for murder and attempted murder.
The 69-year-old man, suspected of having killed three Kurds and injured three other people on Friday in Paris and who recognized a "pathological hatred of foreigners", was indicted on Monday and imprisoned, said a judicial source.
The suspect, a retired train driver of French nationality, was indicted by an investigating judge for murder and attempted murder on the grounds of race, ethnicity, nation or religion, as well as for acquisition and unauthorized possession of a weapon, the source said.
Decision in accordance with the requisitions of the prosecution
The suspect was then placed in pre-trial detention by a judge of freedoms and detention (JLD), in accordance with the requisitions of the prosecution, according to the judicial source.
In the box, the man, coquard in the left eye and dressed in a light blue hospital gown, remained straight, staring and crossing his arms while waiting for the arrival of the JLD.
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Framed by an escort of five police officers, the sexagenarian with short gray-white hair confirmed his identity, then gave his agreement for a closed-door hearing.
His lawyer Me Clément Pialoux simply confirmed his client's provisional detention, refusing to comment further.
A "hatred of foreigners that has become pathological"
The suspect, massive and heavy build, was arrested on Friday shortly after opening fire with a handgun in the rue d'Enghien, in the 10th arrondissement of Paris, in front of a Kurdish cultural center.
He killed three Kurds and injured three other men.
While in police custody, he admitted to investigators that he felt a "hatred of foreigners that had become completely pathological" since a burglary at his home in 2016.
On the morning of the events, he first went armed to Saint-Denis in Seine-Saint-Denis to "kill foreigners" but finally gave up for lack of people and lack of ease to reload his weapon because of his outfit clothing, according to Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau.
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Returning to his parents' Parisian home, where he lived, he then went on foot to rue d'Enghien, towards the Kurdish cultural center Ahmet-Kaya, whose location he knows.
His police custody was lifted late Saturday afternoon and he was taken to the psychiatric infirmary of the police headquarters.
He was again placed in police custody on Sunday afternoon before being presented to an investigating judge at the Paris court on Monday.