An African man suspected of attacking three people with a knife and hammer at Gare de Lyon in Paris on Saturday released an anti-France video despite police saying the attack was likely due to mental illness. It became clear that
The 32-year-old Malian national, officially identified only as “Cassogue S.”, injured three people, including one seriously, in an attack at Paris’ second busiest train station on Saturday. He reportedly had a history of making anti-French statements. Profile of Pan-Africanism.”
Police say the man suffers from a mental disorder and terrorism is unlikely to have been a motive for the attack. However, the video published on his TikTok account authenticated by Le Parisien The paper saw the African declare: “I’m not French, I don’t dream of being French, I don’t like France, I hate all French people.”
Casaugue, who entered France legally with an Italian residence document, said: “I have my own reasons for ignoring France. It is the French who have taken away my right to life, who have taken away my dignity. Because he’s French,” he added. It was the French who stole it…They were also the ones who took my grandparents hostage as slaves. It was the French who forced my grandparents to do forced labor to settle their accounts and finances. ”
In another video, he said: “You illegally enter the African continent in search of resources, abuse people, rape women, kill infants, harvest children’s organs, and steal our financial resources. You are more cursed than Satan. Even Satan cannot teach you a lesson.”
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The Malian man also seemed to suggest that he was planning violence, saying, “Sometimes you have to attack, but you shouldn’t always wait for the principle of reciprocity. We need to attack in order to dominate our enemies, to frighten them, to intimidate them. This is what we call the principle of domination.”
Police said there were “no signs of religiosity” as a motive for the station attack, but Kasog had reportedly previously cited Islam. Le Parisien: “Rest in peace for another three months. May Allah welcome me to paradise.”
Nevertheless, Paris police quickly declared that mental illness was the likely culprit in the attack. tell le figaro It said Mr Kasorg presented a “half homeless, half mentally ill profile” and was “found in possession of psychotic medication”.
The investigation continues, but police said early indications “do not suggest this was an act of terrorism.” He added that the suspect was “unknown to French and Italian law enforcement authorities.”
