His acts could be tried in criminal proceedings.
The alleged perpetrator of a terrorist knife attack, which left two dead and five wounded in April in Romans-sur-Isère (Drôme) is "accessible to a criminal sanction", according to a psychiatric expert report which makes it possible to consider a trial, corroborating sources make Friday.
In a psychiatric expertise, signed on December 5 and revealed by the daily Le Dauphiné Libéré, two experts conclude that Abdallah Ahmed-Osman's discernment was "altered" at the time of the facts, while considering that he can be tried, confirms a source close to the case.
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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.
These conclusions "mean as it stands that there will be a judgment, this is what the civil parties wanted for justice to be done", reacts Me Guillaume Fort, who represents victims and families of victims.
Defense lawyers can request a second opinion.
"A fragile personality"
On April 4, Abdallah Ahmed-Osman, a 33-year-old Sudanese refugee, stabbed a customer of a butcher's shop born in 1965 and a trader born in 1976. Five people were also injured in the attack, which took place on April 4. '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 obtained refugee status and a residence permit in 2017. He was indicted for "assassinations and attempted assassinations in relationship with a terrorist company ”and incarcerated.
"Handwritten documents with a religious connotation" in which he complained "in particular of living in a country of disbelievers" were discovered at his home, then indicated the national anti-terrorism prosecution.
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The man, who recognizes 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."
