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Chopper attack in Paris: police custody lifted, eight in progress

2020-09-27T09:26:38.403Z


Eight custody was underway Sunday morning in the investigation of the chopper attack Friday in Paris which thought to target Charlie Hebdo and left two seriously injured, told AFP a judicial source. Police custody was lifted late Saturday afternoon, that of a "former roommate" , in Cergy (Val-d'Oise), the main suspect who presents himself as Hassan A., aged 18 according to his words, and born in P


Eight custody was underway Sunday morning in the investigation of the chopper attack Friday in Paris which thought to target Charlie Hebdo and left two seriously injured, told AFP a judicial source.

Police custody was lifted late Saturday afternoon, that of a

"former roommate"

, in Cergy (Val-d'Oise), the main suspect who presents himself as Hassan A., aged 18 according to his words, and born in Pakistan.

To read also: Attack in Paris: the Pakistani suspect thought to attack the headquarters of "Charlie Hebdo"

Eight police custody were still in progress: the man presenting himself as Hassan A., five former roommates of his apartment in Pantin, his little brother and an acquaintance.

From suspect to hero

As of Friday evening, a man initially considered as suspect and placed in police custody, "Youssef", a 33-year-old Algerian, had been released.

The man, a

"hero"

according to his lawyer, had actually tried to stop the attacker with a knife, which the investigation corroborated.

The main suspect in the attack outside the former Charlie Hebdo premises "took responsibility" on Saturday, admitting that he was targeting the satirical weekly which recently republished cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad, according to sources familiar with the investigation.

Born in Pakistan, the suspect believed that the premises targeted were still those of

Charlie Hebdo

, according to the same source.

The editorial staff of

Charlie Hebdo

, which has moved to a secret location for four years, has come under new threats since this satirical weekly once again published cartoons of Muhammad on September 2, to mark the opening of the trial of the accomplices of the authors of the bloody attack that targeted its editorial staff in 2015.

Source: lefigaro

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