The suspect of a terrorist knife attack which left two dead and five wounded in April in Romans-sur-Isère (Drôme) is "
accessible to criminal sanction
", according to a psychiatric expert opinion which allows a trial to be considered, a AFP learned on Friday December 25 from corroborating sources.
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In a psychiatric expertise, signed on December 5 and revealed by
Le Dauphiné Libéré
, two experts conclude that Abdallah Ahmed-Osman's discernment was "
altered
" at the time of the facts, while considering that it can be tried, confirmed to AFP a source close to the case.
For the two psychiatrists, who met him on November 27 at the specially equipped hospitalization unit in Villejuif (Val-de-Marne), Abdallah Ahmed-Osman had “
criminal acts that were both delusional and terrorist
”.
"
His actions (...) borrow the legitimation of their vengeful hatred from radical Islamist ideology and its usual justifications
", write the two experts in their conclusions.
The latter "
mean as it stands that there will be a judgment, this is what the civil parties wanted for justice to be done,
" responded to AFP Me Guillaume Fort, who represents victims and families of victims.
Defense lawyers can request a second opinion.
Two dead and five injured
On April 4, Abdallah Ahmed-Osman, a 33-year-old Sudanese refugee, stabbed a client of a butcher shop born in 1965 and a trader born in 1976. Five people were also injured in the attack, which took place in 'was held at the end of the morning in the streets and shops of the center of Romans-sur-Isère, during confinement.
Unknown to the police and intelligence services, the alleged terrorist arrived in France in August 2016, where he had obtained refugee status and a residence permit in 2017. He was indicted for "assassinations and attempted assassinations in connection with a terrorist enterprise ”and imprisoned.
"
Handwritten documents with a religious connotation
" in which he complained "in
particular of living in a country of disbelievers
" had been discovered at his home, said the national anti-terrorism prosecution.
The man, who admits the facts without remembering them in detail and who had made confused remarks in police custody, would have acted alone.
Employed in leather goods, he seemed to have difficulty in confinement and anxiolytics had been found at home.
Psychiatric experts noted "
a fragile personality, struggling to endure isolation and remoteness from his country and his family
."
