Overview

• A 23-year-old Malian volunteer, Aboubakar, was fatally stabbed 40–50 times during Friday prayers at the Khadidja mosque in La Grand-Combe on April 25.
• The suspect, identified as Olivier H., a French national of Bosnian origin and not Muslim, filmed the attack while insulting Allah and expressed intentions to repeat such acts.
• Investigators have obtained both the suspect’s video and mosque surveillance footage, which captured the premeditated nature of the attack.
• The national anti-terrorism prosecutor is reviewing the case for potential islamophobic terrorism charges, while 70 investigators are working to locate the suspect.
• Solidarity rallies have been held in Paris and La Grand-Combe, with officials and community leaders calling for increased protection of Muslim places of worship.