French police hunt suspected killer of Muslim worshipper inside mosque

One person was stabbed and killed in the mosque of La Grand-Combe (Gard) on Friday, 25 April, says BFM TV. The main suspect, identified by the investigators on Saturday, is still on the run.That morning, two men were praying side by side in this isolated place of worship, located in the hamlet of Trescol. Around 8:30 a.m., one of them suddenly turned against the other, carrying "40 to 50 stab wounds", according to the first elements of the prose…

French police hunt suspected killer of Muslim worshipper inside mosque

French police were on Saturday hunting a man suspected of killing a Muslim worshipper inside a mosque in the south of the country while filming the murder on a mobile phone and shouting insults at Islam.

The attacker stabbed his victim several dozen times in a wave of insults, before realizing that he was being filmed by the mosque's surveillance cameras.

In this video, one can hear the man insulting Allah, according to Agence France-Presse. The alleged murderer "is actively wanted," said the prosecutor of the Republic of Alès.

According to a source close to the case file, the investigators found a video filmed by the author of the facts himself during the murder. The prosecutor said he was studying "all the leads, including that of an Islamophobic act".

They were alone. He jumped at him with a knife and dealt blow after blow. The services will say about dozens. He acted with premeditation. He filmed the dying victim. Brutal crime in the south of France. Police manhunt underway.