Terrorist attack in Yvelines: three members of the shooter’s family and friends placed in police custody

The day after the deadly journey of Kevin T., 39, three members of the shooter's family and friends were placed in police custody, announced the National Anti-Terrorism Prosecutor's Office.

The arrest of this man, suspected of having perpetrated the terrorist attack which killed a man and injured five other people, including a 12-year-old girl, on October 23 in Trappes and La Verrière (Yvelines), was followed by the placement in police custody of a person from his entourage. According to information from franceinfo, confirmed to Le Figaro, this custody concerns the mother of the suspect, who came forward herself to the police, after the arrest of her son on Friday.

The 39-year-old suspect was arrested in possession of cocaine, tear gas canisters and a Sten MK II submachine gun, an automatic weapon capable of burst fire and the origin of which remains to be established. During the search of his home in Plaisir, in Yvelines, investigators discovered that the apartment had been rigged with gas canisters. Kevin T.'s custody can last 96 hours. This Saturday, Pnat announces that it has just been extended.