Young man with athletic physique, the assailant police officers Joue-les-Tours Saturday, December 20 killed by security forces, had recently converted to Islam, posting on his Facebook account flag jihadist Islamic State Group (EI)
“Allahu Akbar”. This is after shouting “God is greatest” in Arabic Nzohabonayo Bertrand, a French born there twenty years in Burundi – a predominantly Christian country – wounded violently stabbed three police officers whose days are not in danger
On Facebook, the flag of the jihadist group. Islamic State
Convert to Islam, living Joue-les-Tours, but “navigating” between the homes of family members, according to the prosecutor of Tours, Bertrand Nzohabonayo was known for small acts of delinquency. However, he “was not listed for terrorist-related activities,” said Saturday, Interior Minister, Bernard Cazeneuve, after a trip to police Joue-les-Tours.
But the Facebook account of the young man who had taken the name of Bilal during his conversion to Islam, according to a close on condition of anonymity, display the flag of the Islamic State jihadi group (EI). Several texts and slogans inspired by radical Islam also appear on this page.
A brother known for his radical positions
His brother is also known for his radical positions, with a time considered leaving Syria before giving up, according to a source close to the investigation. He is currently abroad, according to another source.
The terrorism prosecutor quickly seized of the matter and will determine whether Bertrand Nzohabonayo acted on his own initiative or as part of an organized action, knowing that EI encourages applicants to jihad to launch attacks against “infidels”, military, police or even civilians.
France had been specifically named as a target by the EI after the start of the French strikes in Iraq, such calls are regularly relayed in videos of the jihadist group.
Man “quiet, rather reserved”
“This is Clearly, when there is an individual who attacks a police , shouting ‘Allahu Akbar’, there is something to ask the question of whether he acted alone ( or) if he acted on the orders, “said the Tours prosecutor Jean-Luc Beck. “And all this, the Special Prosecutor who will do it better than anyone.”
According to the first elements of the investigation, Bertrand Nzohabonayo left neither letter nor message stressed the prosecutor.
In the photos of him circulating on social networks, there are a smiling young, shaven and black beard without a mustache provided.
L aggression has created astonishment in the town of 36,000 inhabitants located in the suburbs of Tours.
The attacker is described by police a former sports educators as a quiet boy, rather reserved. “When he arrived at the football club, from the Paris area, he must have 16-17 years. He wanted to arbitrate, which is not so common at that age. He was loving Justice “, is astonished man who wishes to remain anonymous.
” We sometimes saw in the mosque “
The young man gave off the “physical power,” said his former coach at an AFP correspondent. “He had a particular approach, with bowed legs,” he continues, while remaining skeptical about its radical commitment. “We sometimes saw at the mosque but he did not continue in football, nor in arbitration, for whatever reason. “
Several people interviewed near the home of his sister, a small public housing four-story building rather neat in the popular area of La Rabière, refuse to believe the theory of an Islamist attack.
“It is not in the image of our city. We managed to build dialogue and understanding between communities,” says Ahmed Moussaoui, a retiree who chairs the neighborhood association Closer cultural and solidarity.
The relationship between the police and young Jocondiens are sometimes conflicting, as had been shown the forceful arrest in August 2013 of a motorist, prompting an investigation by the IGPN following the publication of a video of the arrest. The motorist was sentenced in June to three months in prison.
With AFP
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