Overview

• The victim, a Tunisian national believed to be around 35, was killed late Saturday in the southern French town of Puget-sur-Argens
• A 25-year-old Turkish neighbour was also wounded by a gunshot to the hand and remains hospitalized
• Draguignan prosecutors classified the killing as racially motivated after examining the crime scene
• The suspect is a 53-year-old sports-shooting enthusiast who published hateful and racist content online before and after the attack
• This case follows the fatal stabbing of 22-year-old Aboubakar Cissé in a mosque last month and comes against data showing an 11% rise in hate crimes last year