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Why was the terrorist qualification been dismissed?

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Published the 03/05/2025 13:40

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Friday, April 25, Aboubakar Cissé, 22, was killed in the Mosque de la Grand-Combe (Gard), when he came to pray. The terrorist qualification was not retained for this crime, which provokes anger and misunderstanding. The family intends to file a complaint. The prosecutor of Nîmes explained itself, Friday, May 2.
(France 2)

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Friday, April 25, Aboubakar Cissé, 22, was killed in the Mosque de la Grand-Combe (Gard), when he came to pray. The terrorist qualification was not retained for this crime, which provokes anger and misunderstanding. The family intends to file a complaint. The prosecutor of Nîmes explained itself, Friday, May 2.

The crime was filmed by the cameras of the mosque. Olivier H., this 20 -year -old Frenchman went there on April 25 before approaching and then killing the young Aboubakar Cissé with 57 stab wounds. With his phone, the murderer even makes a video. A week after the facts, the prosecution announces that it does not retain the terrorist qualification of the crime. “”The springs to act of the aggressor very quickly appeared to be deeply personal: want to kill whatever the target and morbid fascination. The facts therefore appear at this stage built around an obsessive desire to kill another person“Then said the prosecutor of Nîmes, Cécile Gensac.

A drama that mobilizes the Muslim community supported by representatives of other confessions. They denounce a lack of attention from political leaders. The victim’s family does not include the position of the prosecution. “”We have a prosecution that considers that you can have Islamist attacks and not Islamophobic attacks. However, this is clearly an Islamophobic attack “argues Me Yassine Bouzrou, family lawyer. It must be received Monday May 5 by Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau, an invitation that their lawyers advises them to decline.

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