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| France beheading attack: Yassin Salhi tells investigators he murdered and beheaded his boss because of 'problems at home and at work' | France beheading attack: Yassin Salhi tells investigators he murdered and beheaded his boss because of 'problems at home and at work' |
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| The van driver accused of trying to blow up a French chemicals factory has reportedly told investigators that he beheaded his boss “in a car park” because of “problems at home and at work”. | |
| In a first garbled statement about Friday’s attack, Yassin Salhi, 35, admitted on Sunday that he had murdered and beheaded his employer in a car park about an hour before he arrived at the factory. | In a first garbled statement about Friday’s attack, Yassin Salhi, 35, admitted on Sunday that he had murdered and beheaded his employer in a car park about an hour before he arrived at the factory. |
| According to newspaper Le Parisien, Mr Salhi told interrogators at the headquarters of the French anti-terrorism squad in Paris that “personal problems” may have driven him to commit the crimes. | According to newspaper Le Parisien, Mr Salhi told interrogators at the headquarters of the French anti-terrorism squad in Paris that “personal problems” may have driven him to commit the crimes. |
| Investigators remain convinced, however, that Mr Salhi’s links with radical Islam, including ISIS, also motivated the attack. | Investigators remain convinced, however, that Mr Salhi’s links with radical Islam, including ISIS, also motivated the attack. |
| The van driver, a father of three, attached his employers’ head to the factory fence surrounded by banners professing faith in Islam. He then drove his van at high speed into warehouse packed with inflammable chemicals at Saint-Quentin fallavier near Lyon. | The van driver, a father of three, attached his employers’ head to the factory fence surrounded by banners professing faith in Islam. He then drove his van at high speed into warehouse packed with inflammable chemicals at Saint-Quentin fallavier near Lyon. |
| Investigators assume that this was intended as a “suicide bombing” but the resulting explosion was weak, slightly injuring Mr Salhi and two factory employees. | Investigators assume that this was intended as a “suicide bombing” but the resulting explosion was weak, slightly injuring Mr Salhi and two factory employees. |
| Forensic investigators and gendarmes next to the fence where the head was found in Saint-Quentin-Fallavier It emerged on Saturday night Mr Salhi had taken two “selfies” of himself with the severed head of his boss, Hervé Cornara, roughly an hour before the factory attack. One of these images was sent via the telephone message service, WhatsApp, to a number in Toronto in Canada. | Forensic investigators and gendarmes next to the fence where the head was found in Saint-Quentin-Fallavier It emerged on Saturday night Mr Salhi had taken two “selfies” of himself with the severed head of his boss, Hervé Cornara, roughly an hour before the factory attack. One of these images was sent via the telephone message service, WhatsApp, to a number in Toronto in Canada. |
| French investigators believe that this was just a staging post and the message was relayed to an acquaintance of Mr Salhi who is fighting with the radical Islamist movement Isis in Syria. | |
| Mr Salhi’s wife, sister-in-law and mother remained in police custody yesterday but they are not, at this stage, regarded as suspects. | Mr Salhi’s wife, sister-in-law and mother remained in police custody yesterday but they are not, at this stage, regarded as suspects. |
| Fellow workers at the local ATC transport firm where Mr Salhi had worked for 12 months said that he was cheerful, hardworking man who had no apparent problems at work. His boss, Mr Cornara, was described by employees as an “adorable” man who treated his staff well. | Fellow workers at the local ATC transport firm where Mr Salhi had worked for 12 months said that he was cheerful, hardworking man who had no apparent problems at work. His boss, Mr Cornara, was described by employees as an “adorable” man who treated his staff well. |