Overview

• Aboubakar Cissé, a 22-year-old Malian, was fatally stabbed with dozens of knife wounds while praying in a mosque in La Grand-Combe on April 25.
• The suspect, Olivier Hadzovic, a 21-year-old French citizen of Bosnian origin, surrendered in Italy and has consented to extradition to France by mid-May.
• President Emmanuel Macron met with Muslim leaders, affirming the nation's commitment to religious freedom and announcing plans to enhance the security of worship sites.
• A state-backed reporting platform for anti-Muslim acts, ADDAM, was launched to document and analyze a 72% rise in such incidents compared to early 2024.
• Muslim institutions continue to demand concrete actions against systemic Islamophobia, as tributes to Cissé and calls for justice resonate across France.