Doubts on racist motivations of shooter in Evry, three days after killing of rue d’Enghien

Tonny F. shot a 13-year-old teenager of North African origin on December 26. The prosecution did not retain the aggravating circumstance of racism.

by Antoine Albertini and Christophe Ayad

He wanted to pay tribute “to Mr. William M. (…)”, indicted after the killing of rue d’Enghien which cost the life of three Kurdish activists on Friday, December 23 in Paris. If Evry’s prosecution has not retained the aggravating circumstance of racism, elements drawn from police documentation, however, weigh doubt on the motivations of Tonny F., 61 years old, author of shots on a teenager of 13 years, three days later, in a building hall of the Red Trou Square, in Evry-Courcouronnes.

At the end of the day, this Monday, December 26, the girl returns to her home, in the Canal district. From her apartment on the ground floor, Tonny F. enters the door of her apartment and targets it three times with a small caliber handgun. The teenager, sporty, manages to flee by winning the floors while the district is immediately completed by the police. The victim, slightly affected by the hip, is finally extracted from the building while the raid negotiators try to bring the shooter back to reason. Around 9:30 p.m., Tonny F. was apprehended, before being heard by the police of the urban security brigade of Evry-Courcouronnes.

The personality of the individual questions, in particular with regard to reports established by the local intelligence services, which mention remarks made on a “neighbor Bougnoule” which he wanted to attack, denouncing pell-mell Cited gradually transformed into “caliphate” and the role of government, accused of “sublimate the Africanization of the European Union” – a claimed xenophobia, “except for the Portuguese”. On the faith of Tonny F. declarations in police custody, justice did not retain racism as a mobile of shots.

“A suicide attempt by interposed police”

“We have opened a judicial information for attempted homicide on a 15 -year -old minor, explains the Evry prosecution. The aggravating circumstance of the 15 -year minority is already incurred for the accused the maximum penalty, which is perpetuity . We are not used to combining aggravating circumstances and in the event of competition, we choose the one that is most objective and easy to characterize. It is a common legal practice. “

Evry’s prosecution adds that the defendant disputes the racist character of his gesture. “He said he had fired on the first person who entered the hall of his building. It turns out that she was a teenager of North African origin. His goal, he said, was to shoot on Someone for the police to intervene and kills him. He presented this, in a way, as an attempted suicide by interposed police. “

You have 13.15% of this article to read. The continuation is reserved for subscribers.

/Media reports cited above.