The vital prognosis of the three injured “no longer engaged at this time”announced the anti-terrorism public prosecutor, Tuesday October 17, during an update on the unfolding of events within the Gambetta high school in Arras, during which Dominique Bernard died Friday. The prosecutor also announced that three people would be brought before a judge, with a view to being indicted. These are Mohammed M., but also “his younger brother aged 16”and a “young cousin”Who “was informed of a planned criminal action”but “did nothing to stop it”. Follow our live stream.
A video claim filmed by the suspect in the attack. The main suspect in the Arras attack made a video and an audio statement before the attack, franceinfo learned from a source close to the investigation. Information confirmed by the anti-terrorism public prosecutor. The remarks made by Mohammed M., in a video found in the suspect’s phone, confirms the terrorist motive, according to the prosecutor.
La Cimade denies any responsibility in the Arras attack. The association for the defense of foreigners’ rights rejects criticism of “several political and media leaders, far-right or not”. In 2014, Mohammed M.’s family was the subject of a collective expulsion procedure, against which associations, including Cimade, mobilized “in the name of respecting the rights of a family”.
Police custody of four people lifted. The suspect’s mother and sister were notably released, franceinfo learned from a source close to the investigation. Just like Mohamed M.’s uncle, as well as a radicalized detainee who communicated with the main suspect on secure networks. The second returned to detention, France Télévisions learned from corroborating sources.