Man held over messages after Trappes shooting
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on La Nouvelle Tribune
A resident of Sainte-Luce, Martinique, was placed in police custody over Facebook messages posted after the racist shooting in Trappes, which left one person dead and five injured. He is due to appear before the public prosecutor at the end of his time in custody, according to Outre-mer La 1ère; incitement to hatred is punishable in France by up to one year in prison and a 45,000-euro fine.
A resident of Sainte-Luce, Martinique, was placed in police custody on 25 October, two days after the shooting in Trappes, Yvelines, France, over messages posted on Facebook. The user had written: “There should be more Kévins! Good, the great clean-up is about to begin,” Outre-mer La 1ère reports.
His remarks, posted from his own account and under his own name, provoked outrage among many residents, according to the media outlet. The man is due to appear before the public prosecutor at the end of his time in custody. French law provides for up to one year in prison and a fine of 45,000 euros for incitement to hatred.
The shooting in Trappes on 23 October left one person dead and five injured. It was described as a racist terrorist attack. This custody follows that of the suspect in the racist shooting in Yvelines on 23 October, followed by the arrests of three people close to the suspect, announced on 24 October.
