Olivier Hadzovic, suspected of murdering Aboubakar Cissé in a Gard mosque on April 25, has been charged with « assassination based on religion » and detained after being returned to France. Cissé, a 22-year-old Malian, was fatally stabbed multiple times. Hadzovic, 20, fled to Italy but surrendered three days later. While he admitted to the stabbing, he denied acting out of hatred for Islam, with claims of an « obsessive desire to kill. » The act sparked political outrage and a debate over labeling it « Islamophobic, » which some officials, like Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau, rejected. Cissé’s remains were repatriated to Mali recently.
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Meurtre au sein d’une mosquée : Olivier Hadzovic inculpé pour « homicide motivé par la religion » et placé en détention.
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