28-04-2025
Man behind French mosque stabbing arrested in Italy
ALBAWABA - After being on the run for days, the man suspected of stabbing a muslim over 40 times inside a French mosque in La Grand-Combe has been arrested in Italy. Meanwhile, hundreds of human rights activists swarmed France's streets to condemn the Islamophobic incident.
According to Radio France Internationale, the suspect was identified as Olivier H, a man born in 2004 in Lyon with Bosnian origins. Things escalated when the same individual shared a video on social media, claiming that he's going to go on a killing spree and become a "serial killer," committing similar incidents.
Several French reports claimed that Olivier turned himself in to the local police in Pistoia, a region located in Florence, Italy. This comes after more than 70 investigators were ordered to locate and arrest Olivier.
Aboubakar Cissé was stabbed over 40 times when he was attending the Friday prayers in Khadidja mosque, a small mosque located in La Grand-Combe, the Gard region of Southern France. Just after the stabbing occurred, the suspect was spotted waving a knife while shouting vulgar slurs, then fled the scene, as reported by France Info.
Ales' public prosecutor Abdelkrim GRINI said, "I can confirm that the alleged perpetrator did indeed go to an Italian police station, near Florence, last night at around 11-11.30 pm."
France: Muslim Man Murdered, Stabbed Over 40 Times In Mosque
On Friday, Muslim worshipper, Aboubakr, was stabbed to death in a horrific and Islamophobic attack in La Grande Combe mosque in the Gard region of southern #France.
The attacker stabbed the worshipper over 40 times…
