https://www.francebleu.fr/infos/fai...ities-a-pau-agresse-par-un-migrant-1613737856
An official at Isard-Cos in Pau, a reception center for asylum seekers, succumbed to his injuries after receiving at least three stab wounds in the throat on Friday. The alleged perpetrator is a migrant, he was arrested just after the incident at the end of the morning.
The victim is one of the local officials of Isard-Cos, a reception center for asylum seekers. This happened on the premises, cours Léon Bérard, near the University, at the end of the morning this Friday. The alleged perpetrator had apparently just learned that his asylum application had been refused. He stabbed at least three times. The 46-year-old official was hit in the throat, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin announced his death.The Pau anti-crime brigade (BAC) intervened very quickly and the man was arrested shortly after near the crime scene. About thirty years old, he is already known to the courts for acts of violence. He was released from prison according to our information. He is currently in police custody….
https://www.rfi.fr/en/france/202102...migrant-in-pau-southwest-france-not-terrorism
French police have ruled out terrorism after a Sudanese immigrant stabbed to death the chief of a refugee centre in Pau, south-western France, on Friday.
The 38-year-old Sudanese man had made an appointment to meet the head of the Isard COS asylum centre, Cyril Pierreval. The two went to his office when employees were reportedly alerted by screams and called the police, said public prosecutor Cécile Gensac, in a statement.
Pierreval, was reportedly stabbed by the man 10 times in the chest. Although treated on the scene, the asylum centre chief, a 46-year-old father of two, died in his office.
Police arrested the Sudanese man without incident. The employees surrounded the attacker and kept him in an office after the stabbing.
The Sudanese man was known by the asylum centre, having followed his case since 2015 when he is believed to have arrived in France.
An official at Isard-Cos in Pau, a reception center for asylum seekers, succumbed to his injuries after receiving at least three stab wounds in the throat on Friday. The alleged perpetrator is a migrant, he was arrested just after the incident at the end of the morning.
The victim is one of the local officials of Isard-Cos, a reception center for asylum seekers. This happened on the premises, cours Léon Bérard, near the University, at the end of the morning this Friday. The alleged perpetrator had apparently just learned that his asylum application had been refused. He stabbed at least three times. The 46-year-old official was hit in the throat, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin announced his death.The Pau anti-crime brigade (BAC) intervened very quickly and the man was arrested shortly after near the crime scene. About thirty years old, he is already known to the courts for acts of violence. He was released from prison according to our information. He is currently in police custody….
https://www.rfi.fr/en/france/202102...migrant-in-pau-southwest-france-not-terrorism
French police have ruled out terrorism after a Sudanese immigrant stabbed to death the chief of a refugee centre in Pau, south-western France, on Friday.
The 38-year-old Sudanese man had made an appointment to meet the head of the Isard COS asylum centre, Cyril Pierreval. The two went to his office when employees were reportedly alerted by screams and called the police, said public prosecutor Cécile Gensac, in a statement.
Pierreval, was reportedly stabbed by the man 10 times in the chest. Although treated on the scene, the asylum centre chief, a 46-year-old father of two, died in his office.
Police arrested the Sudanese man without incident. The employees surrounded the attacker and kept him in an office after the stabbing.
The Sudanese man was known by the asylum centre, having followed his case since 2015 when he is believed to have arrived in France.
