Overview
- La Rochelle prosecutors are opening a judicial investigation and will seek the suspect’s indictment for attempted assassinations with premeditation, alleging he tried to kill seven people in under 30 minutes.
- The national antiterror prosecutor stayed in observation but did not take the case, citing no established links to terrorist organizations or known extremists.
- The 35-year-old island resident, recently self-converted to Islam, told investigators he acted on “orders of Allah” and shouted the phrase during his arrest.
- Investigators found a 35 cm knife and a gas canister in the vehicle after he tried to set it on fire; he was described as poly-substance dependent and under the influence of cannabis.
- Five people aged 22 to 69 were injured, with two still hospitalized in serious condition though their vital prognosis is not engaged.