Overview
- French antiterror prosecutors placed Sabri B., 27, under formal investigation for assassination in relation to a terrorist enterprise and for terrorist criminal conspiracy.
- Italian authorities transferred the suspect to France under a European arrest warrant after his October 2 arrest in Andria, and he has been ordered into pre-trial detention.
- Investigators report that his phone connected in the crime area on September 10 and that he watched the victim’s TikTok live for about thirty minutes near the scene.
- CCTV review and witness accounts point to a man in black seen loitering before the attack and fleeing afterward, with clothing consistent with images recovered by police.
- The suspect denies the facts before the investigating judge, while inquiries continue into a possible extremist motive, including reported contacts linked to ISIS and Syria.