Overview

• Christophe B. is scheduled to face an anti-terrorism judge on June 5 over the May 31 shooting of his Tunisian neighbour, Hichem Miraoui
• The National Anti-Terrorism Prosecutor’s Office has taken charge of the inquiry, marking its first far-right case classified as a terrorist offence since 2019
• Prosecutors cite Christophe B.’s social media videos calling for violence and his stated aim to “disrupt public order through terror” as evidence of a hate-driven motive
• The fatal attack in Puget-sur-Argens also wounded a Turkish neighbour, intensifying concerns about racially motivated violence in southern France
• Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau and the rector of the Grand Mosque of Paris have urged tougher measures against hate crimes following the rise in anti-Muslim incidents