“It could have been my brother, my daughter, this must stop”: Thierry Henry speaks after the racist attack in Trappes

Thierry Henry wanted to break the silence. Flagship consultant for the American channel CBS Sports, the former striker of the France team wanted to speak on Tuesday, November 3, to discuss the racist attack that occurred in Trappes (Yvelines), on October 23, leaving one dead and seven injured. “An individual decided to go out with a gun to attack black, Muslim and North African people. It’s an atrocity, something terrible, a racist act. There were many victims,” Henry began.

After recalling the facts, the Arsenal legend wanted to pay tribute to the victims. "The black man who was killed was called Pengo Bossio Wangi. The 12-year-old girl's name is Ramatou, recalled the 49-year-old consultant. I would simply like, in my own way, to pay tribute to the victims and show my respect to their families."

He then referred to the main suspect, Kévin Tissier, 39, who has since attempted suicide in detention and was said to have "lost his mind. We all know that he had not lost his mind, because four days later he himself declared that he was targeting precisely the people he was targeting."

"At some point, enough is enough. We walk in the street and we simply get killed. It's always like an ordeal, lamented the 1998 world champion, himself a native of the Parisian suburbs of Les Ulis (Essonne). Do we, or do I, always have to prove that we are French? We are French and that will never change, whatever happens. I am black, I am French, I am a father. It could have been my brother, it could have been my daughter It has to stop, because, like I said, I'm going to repeat myself: enough is enough," Henry concluded, to the applause of the show's members, presenter Kate Scott and former England internationals Jamie Carragher and Micah Richards.