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Olivier H.’s father, a suspect in the murder of Aboubakar Cissé, addressed the family of the 22 -year -old Malian murdered in the Grande Combe mosque (photo at the rally in support of the victim in Paris on May 1, 2025)
MISCELLANEOUS – “My son is crazy. »» In a recording transmitted to BFMTV, Olivier H.’s father apologizes to the family of Aboubakar Cissé, a young man violently murdered in a Gard mosque on Friday, April 25. “We are for nothing in what our son has done […]. It’s 100 % not normal what it did ”says in particular the father of the suspect who went to Pistoia (Italy), according to the transcription made by BFMTV this Friday, May 2.
“I apologize [auprès de] the family “ of Aboubakar Cissé, continues the father, according to which his son « assume » his actions. According to his Italian lawyer, Olivier H., a young Frenchman of 21 also domiciled in the Grand-Combe, “Consented to be given to France” And should be entrusted to French justice “Around mid-May”.
According to the continuous news channel, the suspect’s family has faced threats since the arrest of Olivier H. and had to leave the town where she lived, believing that she is no longer safe.
Expected press conference
The Public Prosecutor of Nîmes is to hold a press conference this Friday, May 2 at 7 p.m. on murder. Entrusted to an investigating judge of the Nîmes criminal center, the investigation into the case was opened on Monday for “ murder aggravated by premeditation and at the rate of race or religion ”.
The victim’s family considers that the facts are in terrorism and request that the investigation be conducted under the aegis of the PNAT (National Anti -terrorist prosecution). Lawyers of the Cissé family announced their intention to file a complaint with the constitution of civil party this Friday so that the investigation is reclassified as a terrorist assassination. They will be received on Monday by Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau, the ministry announced, after the minister was accused of not wanted to meet them.
In his first statements to Italian investigators, the young man recognized the murder of Aboubakar Cissé but denied having acted by hatred of Islam, indicating, according to his lawyer, “ having killed the first person he found ” on his way. In a video he filmed just after the murder, the murderer is clearly heard insulting the religion of his dying victim: “ I did it (…), your allah shit “he repeats twice.
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