Suspect in fatal French mosque attack arrested in Italy
A French gendarmerie (military police) car patrols outside the mosque Khadija in La Grand-Combe, southern France, on April 27, 2025, following the murder of Aboubakar, a worshipper killed by several dozens of stab wounds inside the mosque on April 25.
The man suspected of killing a Muslim worshipper in a mosque in southern France on Friday has turned up in a police station in Italy, announced a French prosecutor on Monday.
The man suspected of stabbing a Muslim to death in a mosque in southern France on Friday has given himself up at a police station in Italy, a French prosecutor announced Monday.
"This is very satisfying for me as a prosecutor. Faced with the effectiveness of the measures put in place, the suspect had no option but to hand himself in – and that is the best thing he could have done," said Abdelkrim Grini, the prosecutor of the southern city of Alès, who is in charge of the case.
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