French police are studying a video in which the man suspected of attacking people with a meat cleaver on Friday says he will commit an act of 'resistance' after the republication of cartoons mocking the Prophet Mohammad in a satirical magazine.
PARIS/ISLAMABAD - French police are studying a video in which the man suspected of attacking people with a meat cleaver on Friday says he will commit an act of “resistance” after the republication of cartoons mocking the Prophet Mohammad in a satirical magazine.
The suspect, who is from Pakistan, was arrested soon after two people were wounded in front of the old offices of the Charlie Hebdo magazine. Officials said his clothes were spattered in blood. In the video, the suspect identifies himself as Zeheer Hassan Mehmood and says he came from Mandi Bahauddin in Punjab province. Starting to sob, he then recites poetry praising the Prophet Mohammad.
“He called us ... and said that the God’s Prophet had chosen him, and assigned him to kill the blasphemers.”
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