The main suspect in the knife attack in which a young German-Filipino tourist was killed on Saturday evening near the Eiffel Tower, and two other people were injured, was indicted on Wednesday December 6. The National Anti-Terrorism Prosecutor’s Office (PNAT) announced in the afternoon the opening of a judicial investigation into the attack and requested the placement of Armand Rajabpour-Miyandoab in pre-trial detention.
The custody of the attacker’s relative was also lifted during the night from Tuesday to Wednesday, the PNAT told Agence France-Presse. Police custody was lifted “without prosecution at this stage”, the same source said. This measure “was no longer necessary for the ongoing investigations, there was no evidence against him likely to constitute a criminal offense”.
According to a source close to the matter, this 27-year-old woman “belongs to the jihadist sphere” and had received a recent marriage proposal from the Franco-Iranian Armand Rajabpour-Miyandoab, as revealed by certain media. The assailant, aged 26, had “seen her the day before” of his attack, according to a source close to the investigation.
“Very cold”, “clinical”, “disembodied”
The perpetrator of the attack, known to intelligence services for his radical Islamism and psychiatric disorders, said he acted in “reaction to the persecution of Muslims around the world”. He appeared before the police “very cold”, “clinical”, “disembodied”, according to the source close to the investigation.
Armand Rajabpour-Miyandoab was arrested just after the attack which caused the death of a 23-year-old German-Filipino tourist and injured two other people on Saturday evening not far from the Eiffel Tower, a few months before the Olympic Games in the capital city. The government is under pressure following this attack and that which occurred in mid-October in Arras (Pas-de-Calais), which cost the life of a teacher and led to the Vigipirate plan being raised to the maximum “emergency” level. attack.”
Since Saturday, the medical monitoring of the assailant has raised questions and criticism. The anti-terrorism prosecutor, Jean-François Ricard, reported on Sunday evening that the attacker, listed for Islamist radicalization, was “subject to a treatment order involving tight psychiatric monitoring and controlled by a coordinating doctor” until the end of his term. placed on probation on April 26, 2023, after a new psychiatric assessment.