A man arrested for the murder of three people at a Kurdish cultural center in Paris on Friday said he felt “hatred of foreigners” when questioned by police. The information was released by the Parisian Public Prosecutor’s Office in a statement this Sunday (25), reinforcing the evidence that the crime, which sparked protests among the local Kurdish community, was racist in motive.
The suspect, a 69-year-old Frenchman identified as William M., claimed during interrogation that he developed a “completely pathological hatred of foreigners” after a robbery at his home in 2016. stabbed a thief who tried to rob him.
Late last year, he attacked a refugee camp with a saber, wounding two Sudanese in the process — he was convicted of the crime but was released from pre-trial detention 10 days ago after his lawyers filed an appeal.
William M. claimed to have depression and suicidal tendencies, and said he planned to kill himself after carrying out the attack. A search of his parents’ home, where he lived, found no evidence that he had links to extremist ideologies.
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