police officers patrol in front of the Louvre, on February 3, 2017, after an attack by a machete against the military. – C. ENA/AP/SIPA
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His prognosis is ” very committed “. The author of the attack against the military, in the Louvre, on Friday, could not be questioned by the authorities, but they were able to trace its course. According to the public prosecutor of Paris, François Molins, the identity of the suspect was not “formally established,” but the suspicion will wear on an Egyptian, a 29-year-old unknown to the police service, which would have happened on January 26 at the airport Charles-de-Gaulle from Dubai.

An Egyptian residing in the united arab Emirates came in with a tourist visa

The investigation has ” made it possible to target an individual 29-year-old and of egyptian nationality “, according to François Molins. The photograph registered in the european database of visas ” is that of the author of the attack “. He has made a request for tourist visa to Dubai on October 30, 2016, and is arrived at Paris Charles-de-Gaulle airport on January 26. Investigators have found 965 euros in cash in his home, as well as a passport egyptian visas for saudi Arabia and Turkey.

tweets, and a reference to Daesh published just before the attack

sources close to the investigation have given a name to the AFP, as other colleagues have published. Not being able to verify the information –and because identity theft is still possible– 20 Minutes has decided to wait until the authorities identify formally the suspect. We have, however, consulted accounts on Twitter and Facebook –suspended since the middle of the night– of an Egyptian 28-year-old installed in the united arab Emirates.

He wrote in English, 26 January, that he will “travel to Paris, France from Dubai international airport”, which corresponds to the chronology given by the public prosecutor of Paris, François Molins, Friday evening. And then in between 9h27 and 9h34, he published a dozen messages in Arabic. His latest, posted fifteen minutes