Antibes: a planned mass killing foiled ? A teenager arrested

A 16-year-old young man, known for his mental disorders, was arrested. arrested Monday by law enforcement. He planned to commit a mass killing in a high school in Antibes.

An elderly minor 16 year old wasé arrested Monday April 22, 2024, à exit from the psychiatric hospital where he was until now interned, revealed CNews this Wednesday. The teenager, who suffers from mental disorders, is suspected of of having wanted to commit a mass killing in his high school located in in the commune of Antibes, in the Alpes-Maritimes.

According to the 24/7 news channel, a child psychiatrist, & to whom the young man had confided; his intentions at the end of February, would be at the end of February. the origin of the alert which led the police to attack. to intervene. In addition to the arrest of the teenager, who is also qualified' "very disturbedé and very dangerous", reports Nice-Matin, a search took place à his home. On the walls of the house, swastikas were drawn. Several bladed weapons as well as a bulletproof vest and various documents on which the individual had thrown away. his macabre ambitions have been discovered.

Although the suspect is said to have a mental imbalance, he was also accused of being mentally ill. qualified an Islamophobe, a racist and an anti-Semitic by psychiatric expertise. However, the one who keeps à view did not hide to investigators his fascination with mass killings could be considered as responsible for his actions, according to the results of the expertise, and therefore criminally punishable.