In police custody, William M. indicated that he was moved by a “hatred of foreigners who has become completely pathological” from a burglary at his home in 2016
by Soren Seelow and Christophe Ayad
Three days later, the circumstances of the killing of rue d’Enghien, which left the Kurdish community and on 10 e arrondissement of Paris in a state of shock, have fun. A long press release from the prosecution, published on Sunday 25 December, made it possible to learn more about the progress of the facts and the motivations of the alleged killer, William M., a retired train driver aged 69 and MUG, -So he said in police custody, by a “hatred of foreigners who became completely pathological”.
Friday December 23 early in the morning, William M. first went to Saint-Denis (Seine Saint-Denis) armed with an automatic colt 45 pistol of caliber 11-43 and ammunition in order to ‘Kill as many foreigners as possible. “On the spot, he finally renounces taking action, taking into account the few people present and because of his dress preventing him from recharging his weapon easily,” writes the public prosecutor, Laure Beccuau.
He then returned to his parents’ home in the 10 e arrondissement of Paris, near rue d’Enghien. He then went on foot to the Ahmet-Kaya Cultural Center, which houses the Kurdish Democratic Center of France (CDKF), the main representative body of the Kurds in France, close to the PKK, the Kurdistan workers party at war with the State Turkish. He opens the fire successively on a woman and two men in front of the center. Two die instantly, a third victim takes refuge in a Kurdish restaurant on the sidewalk opposite. She will die in the hospital.
Then the killer goes on foot at 150 meters to a Kurdish hairdresser where he injures three men. Mastered and disarmed by one of the victims, he was arrested by the police at 11:40 am in possession of four chargers containing fourteen ammunition and a box of twenty-five balls. He declared in police custody having intended to use all his ammunition before committing suicide in order to “take away his enemies in the grave”, all “non -European foreigners” being his enemies. He is the only regret he expressed. Five of the six victims are of Turkish nationality, the sixth is French.
The alleged killer has a busy judicial course
William M. explained to the investigators of the criminal brigade wanting to “to all migrants” and more particularly to the Kurds for having “constituted prisoners during their fight against Daesh [Arabic acronym of the Islamic State organization, ] Instead of killing them, “says the prosecution.
Man custody of man, who describes himself as “depressed” and “suicidal”, was lifted on Saturday evening “for incompatibility of his state of health”. William M. was sent to the psychiatric infirmary of the Paris police headquarters before returning to police custody Sunday evening. It was to be presented to an investigating judge on Monday for his indictment.
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