Knife attack in Marseille: the assailant, Abdelkader Didi, is a Tunisian migrant who arrived illegally in France and is known by several identities; he was taken into custody after making anti-Semitic remarks in the Sète mosque (update)
Abdelkader Dibi, the person who stabbed him on Tuesday, September 2, in Marseille, was sentenced to four years in prison for violence against a family member. Last July, he was also held in police custody after making anti-Semitic remarks in a mosque.
According to information from Paris Match, Abdelkader Dibi, also known by various aliases, made headlines again last July in a mosque in Sète where he made anti-Semitic remarks.
The same man had run-ins with the law in two cases of violence in La Rochelle: one involving his partner and a second involving his nephew. According to Paris Match, he was sentenced to four years in prison, three of which were suspended, in the second case.
[…]In March of that same year, Abdelkader allegedly violently attacked his nephew, who had also arrived in La Rochelle from Tunisia. According to Sophie, he stabbed him several times because he suspected him of being homosexual. Abdelkader allegedly ambushed him at Sophie's father's home while Sophie was hospitalized.
[…]EXCLUSIVE – Sophie, 51, married Abdelkader D. in October 2020 in Charente-Maritime. She describes a man who is drug addicted, unpredictable, and paranoid.
The profile of Abdelkader D., the 35-year-old Tunisian who injured five people in a knife attack in Marseille before being shot dead by police, is becoming clearer. Le Figaro was able to speak exclusively with his ex-wife, Sophie, 51. She met Abdelkader D. in October 2019 in La Rochelle, at a time when the Tunisian was living with another woman.
"At first, I met someone kind and pleasant," Sophie told us. According to her version, the man, originally from a small Tunisian village located not far from the Algerian border, arrived illegally in France in 2018 from Italy via the Alps. According to her, he passed through several administrative detention centers (CRA) in 2020 before being released during the Covid period and returning to La Rochelle.
[…]"It's very hard"
Victim testifies after knife attack in Marseille pic.twitter.com/VI4V77mATI
Knife attack in Marseille: Five people were injured, one of whom is in "critical condition," said public prosecutor Nicolas Bessone. Killed by police, the assailant was a Tunisian with legal status, who notably attacked the manager with a knife... pic.twitter.com/rXDeMrfBid
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According to our information, a dispute broke out between the perpetrator and the staff of a hotel where he had stopped paying his rent. The suspect, a Tunisian national under judicial supervision and prohibited from carrying a weapon, according to a source close to the case, attacked four people, including the hotel manager and a guest, before going out into the street and threatening border police officers. The latter used an electric shock pistol (ESP) before neutralizing the man with bullets while he was reciting a surah from the Quran. According to a source, three victims are currently in critical condition, while a fourth is in a relatively critical condition. All were injured by a long knife and were treated by emergency services.
Marseille: Abdelkader D., a Tunisian already known to the police, stabs several people while shouting "Allah Akbar"; the police fatally shoot him (Update: Video) https://t.co/bpeONHXnHj pic.twitter.com/dJfd03unbk
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BFMTV Info – Man fatally shot by police after stabbing several people in a hotel in Marseille pic.twitter.com/MGNUL9dcS1
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A man was fatally shot by police after stabbing several people in a hotel in Marseille.
A man was fatally shot by police while walking down the street with an iron bar and two knives on Cours Belsunce in Marseille on Tuesday afternoon, September 2, BFMTV learned from the Marseille public prosecutor. Shortly before, the same individual had stabbed three people in a hotel room. One of them is in critical condition.
An individual leaving a kebab shop stabbed three people in Marseille's 1st arrondissement on Tuesday around 2:45 p.m., a police source said. He headed toward Saint-Charles train station, turned around, and then stabbed another person while shouting "Allahu Akbar." Police officers then used their tasers, and one of them fired once at the perpetrator. The suspect, Abdelkader D., 35, is a Tunisian national with a legal residence permit (valid until February 23, 2032). He is already known to the TAJ and Territorial Intelligence for his "unstable behavior with violent potential," a police source said. His life is believed to be in danger. However, the life of the four injured is not believed to be in danger. An investigation has been opened.
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