The octogenarian suspected of having injured two people in an attack last October against the mosque of Bayonne, died Wednesday " after a sudden deterioration in his health, " announced Thursday the prosecutor of Mont-de-Marsan (Landes ), Olivier Janson.
Claude Sinké, 84, was incarcerated at the Mont-de-Marsan Penitentiary Center and an autopsy must be carried out, said the prosecutor in a press release.
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