Main suspect stabbing Paris confesses, also two new ar …

The main suspect of the stabbing Friday in Paris has made confessions. The 18-year-old Pakistani also mentioned the caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed that were recently published again by the satirical magazine ‘Charlie Hebdo’.

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The stabbing in which two employees of the media company Premières Lignes Télévision were injured on Friday took place near the old offices of the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo. According to the French newspaper Le Parisien, the 18-year-old Pakistani wanted to attack journalists from the magazine. He thought so Charlie Hebdo was still located there, judicial sources confirm to AFP.

Two new suspects were also arrested. One is the little brother of the main suspect, according to AFP. It was arrested in the Val-d’Oise department north of Paris. The other man is said to be related to the perpetrator.

On Friday, seven people had already been arrested. Five suspects were arrested in a Parisian suburb in a house where the 18-year-old Pakistani is said to live. In addition, a man who had previously been a roommate of his was arrested in Val-d’Oise for questioning. One suspect has also been released in the meantime. According to sources close to the investigation, it turned out to be a witness who ran after the main suspect.

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The two employees of Premières Lignes Télévision were injured with a large knife. According to the boss of the media company, they have been seriously injured in the face. He criticized that the company’s building is not protected since the attack on trial Charlie Hebdo began in early September.

Charlie Hebdo was the target of a radical Islamic attack in January 2015. Twelve people lost their lives. The two perpetrators, the Kouachi brothers, were later killed by the police. Three weeks ago, the trial against their alleged accomplices began. The magazine then re-published the controversial cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed. This again led to protests in Islamic countries, including Pakistan.

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