French prosecutor confirms terrorist motive, IS link to factory beheading

[Bosonic]

Source: AFP

A French prosecutor confirmed Tuesday that the man who beheaded his boss and tried to blow up a gas factory in Lyon had a "terrorist motive" and links to the Islamic State group in Syria.

Yassin Salhi's attack "last Friday corresponded very precisely to the orders of (the Islamic State group)", said Paris chief prosecutor Francois Molin and "resembled a martyr operation", while also being motivated by a personal hatred for his boss.

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[JonLP24]

1. A "martyr operation"?

In any case it is sad to see Paris torn apart by the divisions and the rise of the far right.