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French mosque attack suspect apprehended, as rallies denounce Islamophobia

A protestor holds a sign reading "Islamophobia, Muslims in danger" during a gathering in Paris after a worshipper was killed in a mosque at La Grand-Combe in southern France, 27 April 2025. © Alain Jocard/AFP

The man suspected of stabbing a worshipper at a mosque in southern France during Friday prayers has turned himself in to police in Italy. As the manhunt was underway, hundreds of people gathered to pay homage to the victim and to denounce Islamophobia.

The suspect, identified as Olivier H, “turned himself in” to a police station in Pistoia, in the region around Florence in Italy, late Sunday night, announced Abdelkrim Grini, the prosecutor of Alès in the Gard department where the murder took place.

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