Lucrezia Ciotti A terrible tragedy has shaken the Muslim community in the south of France, where a 24-year-old Malian youth was killed last Friday inside a mosque.murder sparked outrage and concern, leading to an intense hunt for the suspect. After days of investigation, the breakthrough came last night in Italy.
Murder in mosque in France, boy stabbed to death
The murder It happened on Friday 25 April, when the 21-year-old was captured on surveillance cameras while attacking the young Malian, who was tidying up the mosque before Friday prayers, hitting him with at least 40-50 stab wounds. He then allegedly filmed the victim with his cell phone as he was dying, uttering words of contempt towards the young man and the Islamic religion.I did it…your s****ing Allah”.
According to many French citizens and organizations, the crime would be the result of a climate of hatred fueled for months by some politicians. Even President Emmanuel Macron commented on the murder, demonstrating “support for the young man's family and all our Muslim compatriots”. The Minister of Justice, Gérald Darmanin, called the stabbing a “despicable murder that wounds the hearts of all believers and all Muslims in France.”
The Grand Mosque of Paris has called on authorities to thoroughly investigate the attack, urging them to clarify whether it can be classified as a “terrorist act”.
Murder in mosque in France, boy stabbed to death: the turning point comes from Italy
After three days of searching, the alleged murderer of the young Malian Aboubakar Cisse, killed in a mosque in the Gard department in southern France, voluntarily presented himself to the police of Pistoia.
According to information provided by the French press, the suspect, Olivier A., born in Lyon in 2004, is of French nationality and comes from a Bosnian Roma family.