A 34-year-old woman, Asma B., was arrested on Wednesday, December 22 at around 2:30 p.m. after having attempted to deliberately collide with several vehicles on a pass in the Calanques massif, in the 9th arrondissement of Marseille,
Le Figaro
learned
from a source close to the file.
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Known to the police services (for the destruction of private property) but unknown to territorial intelligence, the suspect - veiled - shouted "
Allah akbar
" several times during her arrest.
Holding a Koran in her hand, she boasted of having "
done well
" but also of being "
in contact with terrorists
".
"
If he approaches you press!
"
A few minutes before his arrest, several motorists had called the police to report the presence of this woman praying by the side of the road, very close to her vehicle dangerously parked at the Col de la Gineste, a winding road connecting Marseille and Cassis.
Just after this prayer, the thirty-something had taken the wheel of her vehicle then tried to deliberately collide with other motorists.
Thinking that the driver wanted to "
jump into the void
", an individual
got out
of his car to try to establish a dialogue with her.
But on approaching he had noticed that she was in a telephone conversation on loudspeaker with a man ordering her: "
If he comes near you press!"
The driver then tried to hit the pedestrian, missing him.
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Placed in police custody, Asma B. was taken to the emergency room after feeling unwell.
She was hospitalized in psychiatry in the wake.
Previously residing in Limoges, the applicant had already been in a psychiatric hospital in March 2019 due to her "
delusional and paranoid
" state.
Investigations are continuing.
