Soldier attacked at Gare de l’Est: a suspect already known and with a worrying profile

A man attacked a soldier who was patrolling Gare de l'Est on the evening of July 15. The suspect, already known for murder, wasé arrested and placed on guard &agrav; view. An investigation was carried out into the matter. opened.

"If the victim is hospitalized, their vital prognosis is not compromised" assured the Paris prosecutor's office, on the evening of Monday, July 15, after the attack on a soldier. the bladed weapon. The facts took place at Gare de l'Est, around 10 p.m., while the soldier from Operation Sentinel was patrolling to secure the premises. The man was killed. victim of a "stabbing" port&eac; in the back, between the shoulder blades, by an individual immediately arrested; by his colleagues. The video surveillance images attest that the individual arrested was arrested. had been following the soldiers for a few minutes before his passage à the act.

The accused immediately came to the scene. placed on guard &agrav; view and an investigation was carried out. opened for attempted murder by the Paris prosecutor's office. The motivations of the individual are not yet known.

A suspect known for "murder"

The individual arrested Monday evening is a man of nationality é French, born in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 1984 and naturalized in 1984. in 2006, according to a police source whose comments were made collected by Le Figaro . Âgé For around forty years, he was known to the authorities for psychiatric history and murder in 2018". At the time, the suspect fatally stabbed him. a 22 year old man à the Châtelets-les-Halles station, but had not been there; judged because considered as criminally irresponsible due to the abolition of his discernment. A psychiatric assessment had made it possible to detect a "probable schizophrenic illness that had been progressive for several years without medical care until'' ;agrave; currently" at the suspect's house according to the AFP.

The motivations and circumstances of the attack remain unclear, especially given the psychiatric profile of the suspect. Which calls itself Christian and would have cried out "God is great" in French before attacking the soldier. According to police sources from the Parisian, the accused would have indicated having acted "because the military is killing people in his country". 

The Minister of the Armed Forces, Sébastien Lecornu, reacted é the attack on the soldier on the social network tonight à the Gare de l'Est, deployedé as part of Operation Sentinel" as well as his  "support and [his] recognition & our armed forces which participate more than ever in ensure safety and security of the Frenchçais" while the Paris Olympic Games begin in less than two weeks. According to franceinfo Sébastien Lecornu planned to go to the soldier's bedside this Tuesday, July 16, the day after the& #39;attack, à Percy Military Hospital, & Clamart (Hauts-de-Seine).