Jamel Gorchene's father, the Tunisian who killed a police officer on Friday April 23 in Rambouillet before being shot, was released on Tuesday without being prosecuted at this stage after four days in police custody , AFP learned from a judicial source.
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Two cousins of the assailant, arrested for their part on Saturday 24 and Sunday 25 April, were still heard by anti-terrorism investigators late Tuesday afternoon.
A couple who had administratively domiciled the author of the attack had also been placed in police custody but released on Sunday.
Jamel Gorchene, a 36-year-old Tunisian national with a residence permit, fatally stabbed a police officer, Stéphanie Monfeture, in the throat in the entrance to the Rambouillet police station early Friday afternoon. He was killed by gunfire from a police officer. This delivery driver had no criminal record and was unknown to the intelligence and justice services. But its modus operandi corresponds to recurring calls from the Islamic State (IS) group to attack the police. According to the national anti-terrorism prosecutor, Jean-François Ricard, the author, whose radicalization was "
little questionable
", presented "
certain personality disorders
". Investigators found in his cell phone pornographic images involving transsexuals and minors, we learned Tuesday from a source close to the investigation.