The day after the knife attack in Lyon, during which four people were injured in the metro, Progress reveals that the suspect would have spontaneously indicated, at the time of his arrest, that he was being pursued by the mafia. Raising his hands and throwing his weapon to the ground, he allegedly told the police that he wanted to be shot after having swallowed pills.
This 27-year-old Moroccan national was “subject to several hospitalizations due to psychiatric problems,” the regional prefect indicated on Sunday evening. He would have stayed “recently” at the Vinatier hospital, said Fabienne Buccio during a press briefing.
No claims
The man, who was staying in the Vienne department, regularly went back and forth to Lyon. For two years, he had been subject to an OQTF (obligation to leave French territory).
“He was not known to any of our files” and would not have made any demands or ideological comments during his action, the regional prefect once again emphasized. An investigation into attempted intentional homicide was opened by the Lyon public prosecutor’s office.