2023-10-18 22:52:35
A man was arrested in Cannes on Wednesday after threatening a trader in his premises with a knife, we learned from the Grasse public prosecutor’s office.
According to a police source, the events occurred around 7 p.m. The victim, manager of a garage carrying out technical inspections, first spotted the presence of this man with a prayer mat on his company premises. He would then have told her that “this was not the place to pray”, according to the same source.
“According to his statements, he asked him to leave and the man took out a pocket knife while shouting Allah Akbar. The victim then retreated into an office to call for help and when she came out, the individual was gone,” explained the Grasse public prosecutor, Damien Savarzeix.
Placed in police custody
The Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin, then quickly declared on attack an individual.
In Cannes, the courageous BAC police officers have just arrested a very dangerous man, carrying a knife, who had wanted to attack an individual. Thanks to them: they avoided the worst.
— Gérald DARMANIN (@GDarmanin) October 18, 2023
The man was taken into custody for “apology of terrorism and violence with weapons”. He is “a priori” without a fixed address, added Damien Savarzeix.
The events occurred 200 m from a synagogue but “it is too early to indicate whether there is any link”, insisted the prosecutor, who specified that the investigation has only just begun.
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