Search of Kevin Tessier's home: list of left-wing figures and RN stickers discovered
A list of left-wing figures and pro-RN stickers were found at the home of Kevin Tessier, the main suspect in the racist attack in Trappes on 23 October.
What the search of Kevin Tessier's home revealed
The search carried out at the home of Kevin Tessier, the main suspect in the racist attack perpetrated in Trappes and La Verrière on 23 October, uncovered several troubling elements, according to rtl.fr.
Bomb disposal experts from the national police had previously evacuated an entire neighbourhood in Plaisir in order to defuse a device discovered in the suspect's flat.
A list of political targets on a post-it note
Among the items seized was a list of several left-wing figures, confirming information from RMC and BFMTV. Names of members of La France insoumise, the Greens and an anti-racist activist had been written down on a post-it note, sometimes accompanied by telephone numbers.
During his police custody, the 39-year-old man stated that he had obtained this information from a pirate website compiling data from leaks. He explained that he had targeted these individuals because they were "leftists" and "enemies of France". "I had not yet planned anything about that. I had just collected the numbers, that's all," he stated, adding that this "could be useful one day".
The National Counter-Terrorism Prosecutor's Office (Pnat) specified in a statement that "no element" supported "the existence of a plan for violent action" against the individuals on this list.
Stickers with political connotations
Stickers bearing the phrases "Long live France, RN proud to be French", "100% French long live France" and "Support for the forces of order" were also found in a drawer of the property.
Committal for trial and suicide attempt
Kevin Tessier was committed for trial and remanded in custody on Thursday, 29 October. The Pnat is prosecuting him for "murder" and "attempted murders" in connection with a terrorist enterprise, with an aggravating circumstance of a racist nature.
He is accused of having killed a 26-year-old man and injured seven other people in Trappes and La Verrière, targeting, according to the prosecution, individuals who were Muslim, African or North African. During the investigation, he admitted to having targeted individuals "of Muslim or African or North African appearance", whilst contesting any terrorist intention.
The suspect was remanded in custody following his appearance before a judge of freedoms and detention. Two days after his committal for trial, he attempted to take his own life in detention.
Source: Google News LU FR