William M., 69, told investigators that he first went to Saint-Denis with the aim of killing “non-European foreigners” on Friday morning before opening fire Little later in front of a Kurdish cultural center, in the 10th arrondissement of Paris.
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The man suspected of having killed three Kurds and having injured three other people in Paris on Friday said, during his police custody, to experience a “hatred of foreigners who became completely pathological”, reported the prosecution of Paris in a press release, Sunday December 25. William M., a 69 -year -old Frenchman describing himself “depressed” and “suicidal”, also said that “before [s] e suicide”, he had “always wanted to assassinate migrants, foreigners” since A burglary in 2016 which, according to him, was a trigger for his racist hatred.
Furthermore, the suspect told investigators that, on the morning of the attack, he first went to Saint-Denis (Seine-Saint-Denis) with his weapon “to commit murders on Foreign people “, according to the prosecution. He finally gave up “given the few people present and because of his dress preventing him from recharging his weapon easily”. It was only later that he went on foot on rue d’Enghien, in the 10 e arrondissement of Paris. The suspect admitted that he knew that this district housed the Kurdish cultural center Ahmet-Kaya, in front of which he opened fire.
Saying wanting to “all migrants”, he explained that he attacked victims he did not know, adding to the Kurds for having “constituted prisoners during their fight against [the ‘Islamic State Organization (IS)] Instead of killing them “.
He declared that his only regret is not to have been able to commit suicide, adding that he has always said that if he suicide one day, he “would take enemies in the grave” specifying that by “enemies” , he heard “all non -European foreigners”.
The custody of William M. was lifted on Saturday, for health reasons, announced the public prosecutor’s office. The man was hospitalized to the psychiatric infirmary of the police headquarters. “The doctor who examined the respondent today at the end of the afternoon said that the state of health of the person concerned was not compatible with the measure of police custody,” said the prosecution. “The measure of police custody was therefore lifted while waiting for his presentation before an investigating judge when his state of health will allow,” he added.
Earlier in the day, the prosecution had announced that the racist mobile had been added to the investigation. The investigations now relate to acts of assassinations, attempted assassination, violence with weapons and offenses to the legislation on racist arms. Based on the first elements of the investigation and the declarations of the sixties, the prosecution considered that the facts had been committed “due to belonging or the non-belonging, true or supposed, of the victims to an alleged race, ethnicity, nation or determined religion “. “The addition of this circumstance does not modify the maximum penalty incurred, which remains the imprisonment of perpetuity,” said the prosecution.