The custody of the suspected perpetrator of Friday’s attacks in the Yvelines department resumed Monday at 2:46 p.m. after being interrupted the previous day over his psychiatric condition, France’s national anti-terror prosecutor, Olivier Christen, said at a press conference.
A psychiatrist conducted a new examination of the suspect on Monday, finding he showed “no symptoms of acute decompensation, nor any direct or indirect sign in favor of hallucinatory or delusional activity,” and no “clinical signs of an alienating, decompensated pathology justifying compulsory hospitalization,” the magistrate said. Custody may now last until Thursday at 12:36 a.m., he added.
Suspect Does Not Dispute Facts, But Denies Racist Character
The suspect “does not dispute the materiality of the facts” but contests “the racist character of his crimes,” Christen said. The prosecutor also stated that “no leaflet from a political party was discovered in his vehicle,” contradicting information published in the press.
In an article published Monday morning and since updated, Le Monde reported that “RN leaflets had been discovered in his car.” The newspaper later clarified that a second source had specified the documents were found somewhere other than his vehicle and were not strictly speaking leaflets, without specifying their nature or disputing that they were linked to the RN.
Deadly Rampage in Trappes and La Verrière
On Friday morning, driving his car, the Yvelines resident shot dead a 26-year-old Frenchman of African origin, Pengo Bossio Wangi, and wounded five others, at least four of whom have African or North African-sounding names, in Trappes and La Verrière, according to a police source.
Among the injured is an 11-year-old girl who is “out of danger,” according to Nicolas Dainville, the mayor of La Verrière.
