Overview

• A June 11 psychiatric report diagnosed Olivier Hadzovic with chronic early-onset schizophrenia and found his discernment abolished during the April 25 attack at the Grand-Combe mosque.
• If the court upholds that expertise, Hadzovic could be declared criminally irresponsible and never face trial for the killing of worshipper Aboubakar Cissé.
• The investigating judge has formally requested a second psychiatric evaluation to verify the initial findings within thirty days.
• Victim’s family lawyers have branded the first report rushed and are pushing to reclassify the case under antiterrorism jurisdiction.
• Had zovic, 20, was interned in a secure psychiatric center in Thuir on June 20 after being charged with aggravated murder and a hate-crime enhancement.