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Suspect in killing of French teacher put under formal investigation

PARIS: A 20-year-old man suspected of stabbing a instructor to demise and wounded three folks at a French faculty has been positioned beneath formal investigation for homicide in reference to a terrorist organisation, the anti-terrorism prosecutor’s workplace mentioned.
The primary suspect within the Friday assault, often known as Mohammed M, had pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group, anti-terrorism prosecutor Jean-Francois Ricard mentioned earlier than the person was positioned beneath investigation on Tuesday night.
Mohammed M’s 16-year previous brother was put beneath formal investigation for complicity in homicide in relation with a terrorist organisation and their cousin was put investigation for voluntarily abstaining from stopping against the law, the workplace mentioned in a press release on Wednesday.
Each brothers are being detained.
Following the killing of the instructor within the metropolis of Arras, Inside Minister Gerald Darmanin mentioned France was on its highest state of alert and the assault bore a hyperlink to occasions within the Middle East, the place Israel is conducting a navy offensive to root out Hamas fighters after militants killed 1,300 folks in a rampage by means of Israeli cities on 7 October.

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