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6:54 p.m .: A young man presented to a judge for a photo
A 20-year-old student will be summoned to court for posting a link to a photo of one of the three victims of the deadly knife attack on Thursday in Nice on a website.
The young man “posted a link on the Jeuxvideos.com site forum to another site where the victim’s photo was located.” The investigation could not establish whether he had posted the image on the original site.
Placed in police custody late Friday afternoon in the premises of the brigade for the repression of delinquency against the person (BRDP), he will be summoned before the delegate of the prosecutor, according to the Paris prosecutor’s office, who had opened an investigation for “dissemination of a violent message”.
6:03 p.m.: A fourth suspect in custody
A 29-year-old Tunisian national was arrested on Saturday, bringing the number of people in police custody to four in the investigation into the fatal attack on the Nice basilica.
The fourth suspect, arrested in Grasse (Alpes-Maritimes) and placed in police custody around 3 p.m., is suspected of having rubbed shoulders with the assailant, Brahim Issaoui.
Three other men are still in custody: Thursday evening, a first suspect, 47, was arrested after being seen alongside the attacker on CCTV footage the day before the attack.
Police custody can be extended up to 72 hours (or even 96 hours or 120 hours (6 days), in the event of a terrorist risk, by decision of the judge of freedoms and detention (JLD) or the investigating judge.
5:49 p.m .: Castex in Rouen with the Catholic community
Prime Minister Jean Castex and Minister of the Armed Forces Florence Parly arrived in Rouen and Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray (Seine-Maritime) on Saturday, where Father Hamel had been assassinated in 2016, to discuss with the Catholic community and observe the Sentinel system reinforced since the Nice attack.
A new attack – the motivations of which are still unknown – meanwhile targeted an Orthodox priest in Lyon.
The head of government, arrived at 4 p.m. at Rouen cathedral, on the eve of the Catholic feast of All Saints Sunday and Monday, talks with Mgr Lebrun, archbishop of Rouen.
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But Mr. Castex and Ms. Parly first met, on the forecourt of the cathedral, soldiers from the Sentinel device, whose deployment has increased to 7,000 soldiers.
The Prime Minister announced Thursday the passage of the vigipirate plan to the level “emergency attack”, the highest level of the plan, in order to protect places of worship and schools, after the attack on the Church of Notre-Dame de l ‘Assumption of Nice, which left three dead.
5:05 p.m .: An Orthodox priest injured in Lyon
An Orthodox priest was shot and wounded in Lyon, according to Le Progrès. The author of the shots is on the run, police said.
> Read our article on this new attack here
The victim, conscious during her support by the emergency services, reportedly indicated that she did not know her attacker.
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This Orthodox priest of Greek nationality was shot with a sawed-off shotgun around 4 p.m. in Lyon, while he was closing his church. He is in serious condition.
3:08 p.m .: What Emmanuel Macron said to Al-Jazeera
Emmanuel Macron said he understood that Muslims could be “shocked” by the cartoons of Muhammad but that they did not justify the violence, in an interview with Al-Jazeera.
1:22 p.m .: Emmanuel Macron gave an interview to Al-Jazeera
The Qatari news channel Al Jazeera is broadcasting a 55-minute interview with French President Emmanuel Macron this Saturday.
The Head of State explains “the values of the Republic, the freedom of the press, the freedom to draw and caricature” and reaffirms his will to fight against terrorism on the national territory.
> Our article on this river interview for the Muslim community
12h18: The bishop of Nice “is not Charlie”
Mgr André Marceau, bishop of Nice, declared “not to be Charlie” in an interview published this Saturday by daily Nice morning, while defending the freedom of expression which he considers “sacred in France”.
“No I am not Charlie, I am André Marceau! Let us be ourselves with our convictions. These caricatures are not my problem. Of course, freedom of expression is sacred in France, but let everyone take responsibility. There are identities that cannot be lightly flouted, ”explains the bishop.
“In the circles of Islam we must take measures, make statements in order to open the faithful to other realities than those which go to extremism. Muslims must say very loudly that they do not wear not this violence “, nevertheless considers Mgr Marceau.
12:01 p.m .: The attacker’s motivations are still unclear
The attacker, Brahim I., a 21-year-old Tunisian, arrived in Nice “24 or 48 hours” before the knife attack, which left three dead.
“It is still much too early to know if he benefited from complicity, what were his motivations for coming to France and when this idea germinated in him,” said a source close to the matter this Saturday morning. “The continuation of the analysis” of the two telephones found in his personal effects, and “the investigation on the Tunisian side” will be “decisive”.
11:51 am: Meeting Monday at the Paris Mosque
Several Muslim national federations and large mosques will meet at the Paris Mosque on Monday for a press conference, “during which will be transmitted a declaration denouncing the attacks against France and standing up against terrorism and radicalism”, announced the Grand Mosque from Paris.
11:48 am: The rector of the Mosque of Paris pleads for a work of “pedogogy”
“Imams, theologians, Islamologists” must do a work of education towards Muslims and non-Muslims to counter those who “unveil” Islam, argued this Saturday Chems Eddine Hafiz, rector of the Grand Mosque of Paris.
“I am working with the imams” on this “exercise of going to a French citizen who knows nothing about Islam, explaining to him what the Koranic message really is? This is the first mission”, declared on franceinfo the rector and vice-president of the French Council of Muslim Worship (CFCM).
9:14 am: A third man in custody
A third man, a relative of the suspect arrested Friday evening, was taken into custody in the investigation into the fatal attack in the basilica of Nice.
The 33-year-old man was present during the police search Friday evening at the home of the second suspect suspected of having been in contact with the assailant the day before the incident. Its role remains to be clarified.
7:11 am: Freedom of expression has its limits, says Trudeau
In response to a question about the right to caricature the Prophet Muhammad, as did Charlie Hebdo, lhe Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday defended freedom of expression while believing that it was “not without limits” and should not “arbitrarily and needlessly hurt” certain communities.
Distancing himself from Emmanuel Macron’s position, Justin Trudeau pleaded for the careful use of freedom of expression. “In a pluralistic, diverse and respectful society like ours, we owe it to ourselves to be aware of the impact of our words, of our actions on others, particularly these communities and populations who still experience a great deal of discrimination”, he pleaded.
However, he condemned the attacks: “It is unjustifiable and Canada wholeheartedly condemns these acts while always standing with our French friends who are going through extremely difficult times”, he insisted, while he was criticized in Canada for delaying in condemning the murder of a beheaded professor in France.
7:07 am: Reinforced security around places of worship
The government has decided to strengthen security measures around places of Christian worship for this All Saints weekend.
7:06 am: Emmanuel Macron met with Pope Francis
Emmanuel Macron spoke with Pope Francis on Friday and “assured him that he would continue to fight relentlessly against extremism so that all French people can live their faith in peace and without fear,” the Elysée said. .
The Head of State “wished to speak to him, at a time when the Catholics of France were so violently injured and the French as a whole shocked by this attack”. “The Pope expressed in return his fraternal support for the French,” adds the presidency.
Emmanuel Macron also evoked the memory of Father Hamel, assassinated in the Saint-Étienne church in Rouvray.
The two leaders share a “total convergence of view” on “the absolute rejection of terrorism and the ideology of hatred which divides, kills and endangers the peace” as well as on the importance of dialogue between religions.
6:35 am: The suspect still unconscious
Thursday evening, during a press conference, the national anti-terrorism prosecutor Jean-François Ricard indicated that the suspect had been seriously injured by the municipal police who neutralized him. Medicalized, this 21-year-old Tunisian, who arrived in Europe last September via Italy, was transported to hospital. His vital prognosis was still engaged on Friday evening: Brahim I. is “unconscious and inaudible” for the moment.
Brahim I., suspected of having killed three people with a knife Thursday in a church in Nice, from a modest family living in Sfax, in central Tunisia, had arrived in France the day before according to his relatives, who describe a young man having turned to religion for two years.
6.30am: Two men in custody
A 47-year-old man was taken into custody on Thursday and his home searched. A 35-year-old man was also arrested and taken into police custody on Friday.
Both had been in contact with the suspect in the hours leading up to the attack.
6:25 a.m .: Who are the victims?
Three people died in a knife attack carried out inside the Notre-Dame basilica in Nice on Thursday morning: Nadine Devillers, a 60-year-old parishioner, came to pray early at the basilica; Vincent Loquès, the sacristan of the church, aged 55; and Simone Barreto Silva, a 44-year-old Brazilian mother.
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