Paris: A man rocked a metro while shouting Allah Akbar
Saturday evening around 8 p.m., a man descended on the rails of the metro line 2 in Paris before throwing projectiles at the train, shouting “Allah Akbar”. Arrested, he was placed in the psychiatric infirmary of the police headquarters.
On Saturday August 27 in the early evening, a 26-year-old illegal Algerian threw projectiles at a metro train while shouting “Allah Akbar”. The scene took place at the Porte de la Chapelle station on line 2 in Paris in the 18th arrondissement.
According to our information, the man is an Algerian in an irregular situation and on file S for radicalization since 2021. He is also known to the police under five different identities for around fifteen acts of delinquency linked to violence and narcotics. .
From a police source, the scene took place this Saturday evening August 29, in Paris (18th). The man, Houcine G., 26, is an Algerian in an irregular situation, registered S for radicalization, who was placed in the Psychiatric Infirmary of the Prefecture of Police pic.twitter.com/OyFXAHN6mA
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In 2021, the man made a passage in the Mesnil Amelot detention center with a view to his expulsion.
The man suffers from psychiatric disorders
Arrested shortly after the incident, the suspect had no identity papers. However, the police managed to identify him thanks to a hospital bracelet. The man also told the police that he wanted to return. He had already carried out psychiatric examinations.
The individual was placed in police custody for “damage to a vehicle used for the transport of passengers”, but this was quickly suspended because of his mental state. He was placed in the psychiatric infirmary of the police headquarters. Legal proceedings now depend on his state of health.