After a stabbing attack in France, the search for the cause continues. According to the prosecutor, there are still no signs of a terrorist background. All the victims of the attack are out of danger.
Suspect arrested for attempted murder after six injured in France stabbing attack The 31-year-old man remained silent about possible motive in police custody and before an investigating magistrate, said Annecy lawyer Lyn Bonnett-Mathis.
Evidence of terrorist background is yet to be found. All the victims are out of danger, he said. The immediate witnesses, the parents, are in severe shock and are traumatized, says the lawyer.
Mental problem?
According to Bonnet-Mathis, the man underwent a psychiatric evaluation. There is no evidence of delusion. However, there are still some signs of psychological problems for the man who walked restlessly and rolled on the floor in custody. He apparently refused to go before the trial judge in the morning. Officers had to carry him to a police car in a hospital chair, as seen on television footage.
However, psychiatrists found the 31-year-old competent to be detained after being interviewed. A medical examination showed no evidence of alcohol or drugs.
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In the Alpine town of Annecy, the man allegedly stabbed several people in a playground on Thursday, some of them fatally. Among the injured were four small children. Police arrested the suspect shortly after the crime.
According to witness statements, the man spoke about his wife and daughter and Jesus Christ during the crime, prosecutors said. The Syrian was wearing a crucifix, and two Christian images, money and a driver’s license were also found. He also had a folding knife.
After the attack, Prime Minister Elizabeth Bourne announced that European security officials were not aware of the captured Syrians. There was no evidence of psychiatric treatment in the past.
Asylum claim rejected in France
While the 31-year-old remains silent, investigators are now focusing their inquiries into his life and his living conditions. The lawyer said the man fled Syria to Sweden in 2013, where he received asylum and later married. He has a three-year-old daughter and separated from his wife last year.
In May 2022 he traveled to Italy and Switzerland and arrived in France in the autumn, where he applied for asylum. This was rejected as Sweden had already ratified it. This application was rejected four days before the offence. Whether this can have anything to do with reality is obvious.
In Annecy he lived homeless on the doorstep. Police searched the man after he washed up in Lake Annecy on Sunday, Interior Minister Gerald Dormanin said in “Le Parisien” newspaper. However, there was no reason to arrest him.
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