The suspect in the knife and hammer attack on Saturday morning had posted several videos in recent months on TikTok. A security source mentions to Le Parisien “a profile of pan-Africanism” The man, a 32-year-old Malian suffering from psychiatric disorders, is currently being interviewed by investigators.
His motivations are still not ‘known’ but on the video application TikTok, an account in his name broadcast numerous videos mixing opinions on politics in Mali, in his native language.