"
The President of the Republic is not intended to comment but to act,
" replied Monday, September 28 Emmanuel Macron, questioned about his lack of public reaction after the attack Friday in Paris in front of the former premises of
Charlie Hebdo
.
The head of state was questioned by a journalist during a press conference in Vilnius, where he began a three-day visit to Lithuania and Latvia on Monday.
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"
The President of the Republic is not intended to comment but to act
", underlined Emmanuel Macron, for whom "
we must not judge the commitment of the President of the Republic to the height of tweets
".
The Head of State specified that "
in the hours which followed
" the identification of the two people injured in the attack, his "
close associates were able to establish ties
" with their families.
"
I then let the investigation be conducted and the government intervene, I think that's how it should be done, my role is not to rush and participate in all the reactions
", he continued.
Emmanuel Macron assured of his "
full support for the victims and of the determined will that we continue to act and mobilize, as we have been doing since day one against terrorism in all its forms
".
"
I remain very careful, because the investigation is in progress (...) but the facts established in recent hours allow us to say that the individual who was apprehended in the hours which followed had many Islamist terrorist aims
", He added, wishing that"
the investigation is carried out as quickly as possible
".
"
As always, we will draw the consequences,
" he said, recalling that "
more than 32 attacks
" had been foiled for three years "
by the work of our intelligence services, our justice, our internal security forces
”.
Three days after the attack, investigators tried Monday to shed light on the true identity of the alleged assailant, whose custody has been extended and who has presented himself so far as an 18-year-old Pakistani.
This man admitted to having seriously injured on Friday two employees of the First Lines press agency while thinking of attacking journalists from
Charlie Hebdo
.
