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6:35 p.m. : The 69-year-old man will be presented to an investigating judge tomorrow during the day, further specifies the Paris prosecutor’s office.
6:44 p.m. : The suspect of the racist attack against a Kurdish center in the 10th arrondissement of the capital has left the psychiatric infirmary and is returning to police custody, confirms the prosecution to franceinfo.
6:07 p.m. : While we know more about the profile and motivations of the suspect in the attack perpetrated on Friday against Kurds in Paris, misunderstanding reigns in part of the targeted community. Why did the courts not retain the “terrorist” motive, a term used in particular by Berivan Firat, spokesperson for the Kurdish Democratic Council in France (CDKF)? Franceinfo tries to answer this thorny question in three points.
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6:47 p.m. : It’s 6 p.m., time for a new point on the news.
• The man suspected of having opened fire on Friday in a Kurdish cultural center in the capital explained in police custody that he had first gone to Saint-Denis (Seine-Saint-Denis) “to commit murder on foreign persons”. At this time, the accused remains hospitalized in the psychiatric infirmary of the police headquarters.
• The death toll from the XXL cold snap in the northeastern United States now stands at 22 dead, according to local authorities. Some 160,000 homes are still without power and heavy snowfall is expected overnight.
During his traditional Christmas message in St. Peter’s Square in Rome this morning, Pope Francis called for an end to the war in Ukraine: “May the Lord enlighten the minds of those who have the power to silence the guns and end this senseless war immediately!”
Christmas on the balcony… or even on the beach. Today we are witnessing one of the hottest December 25 since we measure temperatures. And the New Year is announced in the same barrel.
4:13 p.m. : 4 p.m. by watch. Here is a new summary of the news of this Sunday, December 25:
The man suspected of having opened fire on Friday in a Kurdish cultural center in the capital explained in police custody that he had first gone to Saint-Denis (Seine-Saint-Denis) “to commit murder on foreign persons”. At this time, the accused remains hospitalized in the psychiatric infirmary of the police headquarters. Follow our live.
During his traditional Christmas message in St. Peter’s Square in Rome this morning, Pope Francis called for an end to the war in Ukraine: “May the Lord enlighten the minds of those who have the power to silence the guns and end this senseless war immediately!” Follow our live.
• #UKRAINE Sébastien Lecornu will travel to kyiv next Wednesday. This is the first visit to Ukraine by the French Minister of the Armed Forces since the start of the Russian offensive.
About 160,000 American homes are still without power after the passage of the violent winter storm that paralyzes North America. The latest report puts the death toll at 17.
3:34 p.m. : Several hundred people demonstrated today in northeastern Syria for the three Kurds killed Friday in Paris. An appeal had been launched in Hassaké by the authorities of the semi-autonomous Kurdish region. The demonstrators chanted slogans against “extermination” of the Kurdish people and proclaimed that “the martyrs of Paris would remain forever in [leurs] hearts”.
4:05 p.m. : Here is a new summary of the news of this Sunday, December 25:
The man suspected of having opened fire on Friday in a Kurdish cultural center in the capital explained in police custody that he had first gone to Saint-Denis (Seine-Saint-Denis) “to commit murder on foreign persons”. At this time, the accused remains hospitalized in the psychiatric infirmary of the police headquarters. Follow our live.
During his traditional Christmas message in St. Peter’s Square in Rome this morning, Pope Francis called for an end to the war in Ukraine: “May the Lord enlighten the minds of those who have the power to silence the guns and end this senseless war immediately!” Follow our live.
Sébastien Lecornu will travel to kyiv next Wednesday. This is the first visit to Ukraine by the French Minister of the Armed Forces since the start of the Russian offensive.
About 200,000 American homes are still without power after the passage of the violent winter storm that paralyzes North America. The latest report puts the death toll at 17.
12:21 p.m. : At this time, the respondent remains hospitalized in the psychiatric infirmary of the police headquarters, concludes Laure Beccuau, the public prosecutor of Paris. Follow our live.
12:23 p.m. : According to the Paris prosecutor’s office, “this relation of facts is corroborated by the discovery of a ticket relating to a journey from Saint-Denis at 6:50 a.m., and by the start of the exploitation of video protection images”.
12:27 : The individual, who recognized a “hatred of foreigners has become completely pathological”, explained that he attacked victims he did not know. He said he was angry with the Kurds for having “made prisoners during their fight against Daesh instead of killing them”. He also claimed not to have fixed the number of victims in advance but “having intended to use all the ammunition and commit suicide with the last bullet” .
12:04 : On the spot, he finally gave up taking action, “given the few people present and in because of his dress preventing him from reloading his weapon easily.”
12:24 p.m. : In police custody, the suspect explained that he first went early Friday morning to Saint-Denis (Seine-Saint-Denis) “to commit murder on foreign persons”.
12:01 : Five of the six victims are of Turkish nationality, the sixth is of French nationality. The three injured victims are now out of danger. Two of them, injured in the thigh, are still hospitalized, reports the Paris prosecutor’s office.
11:59 : The individual has “continued his progression to the hairdresser-barber located at n°7 of the same street, where he wounded three men by bullets.” “Subdued and disarmed by one of the victims”, he was arrested in possession of his weapon, four magazines containing a total of 14 ammunition, a box of 25 ammunition, and a bag containing a glove.
1:20 p.m. : The Paris prosecutor’s office is communicating at the moment on the course of the racist attack against Kurds in Paris two days ago. Investigations reveal at this stage that the shooter opened fire “successively on a woman and two men present in front of the Kurdish cultural center located at 16 rue d’Enghien”.
Two victims died instantly, the third died “after taking refuge in a Kurdish restaurant across the street.”
11:26 : Clashes erupted yesterday during demonstrations in tribute to the victims of the racist attack in Paris. The spokesman and special adviser to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is directly targeting the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK). “It’s the PKK in France”wrote on Twitter Ibrahim Kalin who also posted photos of overturned and burned cars. “The same terrorist organization you support in Syria.”
10:28 : @Gilles : you have to talk about the suspect in the attack that killed three Kurds in the 10th arrondissement in Paris on Friday. The 69-year-old man is no longer in custody for health reasons. He was hospitalized in the psychiatric infirmary of the police headquarters.
10:26 : Hello, where is the Paris suspect at the moment?
10:41 a.m. : Here is a first reminder of the news to accompany your coffee:
• Investigators are continuing their investigations today after the murder of three Kurds two days ago in Paris. The suspect’s custody was lifted for health reasons. He was taken to the psychiatric infirmary of the police headquarters.
• Yesterday, violent clashes erupted on the sidelines of demonstrations in tribute to the victims in the capital and in Marseille.
Volodymyr Zelensky denounces an act of “terror” Russian for “intimidate” Ukrainians, after a bombardment on downtown Kherson yesterday left at least 10 dead and 55 injured. Follow our live.