Knives stabbed in the middle of the street by a man going from business to business. A procedure that has become regular and has not failed to make the political class react. “After what must be described as an Islamist attack, I ask the government to absolutely stop emptying prisons and reception centers for asylum seekers. Tragedies will still occur if this irresponsible policy continues! (…) Our leaders will have to report to the French on this immigration policy without control and without limit, ” wrote the president of the National Rally, Marine Le Pen, about the attack on Romans-sur-Isère perpetrated by a Sudanese asylum seeker. Witnesses said the assailant said prayers several times, shouting "Allah Akbar," and religious writings were found at his home.
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Nicolas Dupont-Aignan, president of Debout la France thanked the “police for arresting this Islamist terrorist. This crazy and dangerous migration policy must stop ” .
Same tone on the side of the first secretary of the Socialist Party, Olivier Faure, for whom it is a “new attack on an Islamist fanatic.” “Thought for families, thanks to the police. Disgust for the cowards who kill while thinking of saving themselves, " he added.
A "cold anger"
Present on the set of the "Grand Jury RTL-LCI-Le Figaro", the head of the Insoumis, Jean-Luc Mélenchon regretted "a horrible crime . What else can I say? I don't know . " On Saturday, LFI number two, Adrien Quatennens, wrote to him of his "cold anger after the knife attack in Romans-sur-Isère, when the country is already being tested by a serious health crisis."
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At Les Républicains, Éric Ciotti, the deputy for the Alpes-Maritimes also expressed his "emotion and anger at the deadly knife attack in the Drôme in the midst of a health crisis" .
On the executive side, Secretary of State Gabriel Attal expressed his "support for the families of the victims of the terrible attack on Romans-sur-Isère ". The President of the Republic, Emmanuel Macron, has promised that " all the light will be shed on this odious act which comes to mourn our country already hard hit these last weeks. ” On Saturday, the national anti-terrorist prosecutor's office was seized.