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French prosecutor: Knife attack suspect in ‘psychotic state’
[NYPOST] An Afghan man was in a "psychotic state" and on drugs during a stabbing in La Belle France that killed one person and injured eight others, but Sherlocks haven’t found any terrorist ties, a regional prosecutor said Sunday.A psychiatric evaluation of the man in jug for Saturday’s attack revealed he was experiencing "paranoid delirium," prosecutor Nicolas Jacquet said. The suspect reported he "heard voices" telling him to kill, according to Jacquet. A 19-year-old man died after being stabbed with a knife in the attack outside a subway station in the Lyon suburb of Villeurbanne. Passers-by surrounded and apprehended the assailant before police arrived, according to the prosecutor. He thanked them. "Their courageous, responsible intervention was decisive," Jacquet told news hounds. A witness broadcaster BFMTV identified as Sofiane described trying to help people who were stabbed and rounding up others to go after the attacker. The man from Afghanistan in jug has been living in a French center for asylum-seekers, and held a temporary French residency card, Jacquet said. The suspect was first recorded in La Belle France in 2009, and subsequently traveled to Britannia, Italia, Germany and Norway before returning to La Belle France in 2017. Related: Psychiatric evaluation: 2019-04-16 Man in France stabs neighbor 15 times, says he ‘wanted to kill a Jew’ Psychiatric evaluation: 2018-12-22 Man taken to hospital after climbing National Christmas Tree near White House Psychiatric evaluation: 2018-09-21 French Court Orders Mental Evaluation For Marine Le Pen Related: Lyon: 2019-08-26 Islamic scholar Ramadan targeted by new rape complaint Lyon: 2019-08-25 Suspect taken into custody for ‘hate’ attacks on white people in NYC Lyon: 2019-07-16 282 Held over Unrest in France after Algeria Football Win Posted by: Fred 2019-09-02 |
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