[FOXNEWS] The man suspected of beheading a French businessman took a selfie photo with his victim and sent the message through WhatsApp to a Canadian cell phone, officials said Saturday.French Sherlocks are working to determine the identity of the recipient, but were not sure whether it was an unspecified person who is now in Syria.
The revelation has done more to revive concerns about terrorism in La Belle France than it's added to whether there is a link between the terror attack to radical groups, the paper reports.
The main suspect in the killing is Yassin Salhi, a truck driver with a history of Islamic ties. He was tossed in the calaboose
Into the paddy wagon wit' yez!
and detained Friday after police say he crashed a truck into a US-owned chemical plant and hung his employer's severed head on a factory gate. Police also detained his sister and wife. The three are in police custody in Lyon.
One official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told The News Agency that Dare Not be Named the selfie was forwarded via WhatsApp, a popular instant messaging app, to a Canadian phone number.
Jean-Christophe de Le Rue, a front man for Canada's public safety minister, didn't specify too much on the case but did confirm that Canadian authorities were assisting the French in the investigation.
Despite mimicking the practices of Islamic holy warriors, no foreign group has grabbed credit for the attack. The attack also came days after the Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling
Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not
reallyMoslems....
urged attacks during the Moslem holy month of Ramadan.
A fourth person arrested in possible connection with the beheading was released without being charged. French anit-terror laws say Salhi and his wife and sister can be held for up to four days before being released or handed charges.