
Le Figaro reports three significant events: the murder of Jimmy P. in the 14th arrondissement of Paris, the discovery of letters in Kevin Tessier's cell in Trappes, and the indictment of the writer Michel Houellebecq for his controversial comments.
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“His weakness was his kindness”: what we know about the barbaric murder of Jimmy, whose throat was slit in his apartment in Paris
REPORT - Saturday evening, Jimmy P., 54, was found dead in his apartment in the Cité du Souvenir, in the 14th arrondissement of the capital. His neighbors tell of this solitary man and talk about his associations which may have cost him his life.
“I have been dead since I was 5”: the letters found in the cell of the suspect in the Trappes attack after his suicide attempt
INFO LE FIGARO - After Kevin Tessier's suicide attempt, two handwritten letters were discovered in the cell of the alleged perpetrator of the racist attack in Trappes. Le Figaro consulted them.
Writer Michel Houellebecq indicted after comments on Muslims and the “great replacement”
INFO LE FIGARO - Michel Houellebecq was prosecuted after an interview with Front Populaire, Michel Onfray's magazine, in November 2022. The 70-year-old writer was indicted for complicity in provoking discrimination, hatred or violence.

An investigation is opened in Moscow after a car explosion injured Sergei Zavorotny, former adviser to former Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov. The incident is part of a series of attacks targeting pro-Russian officials since 2022.

Indian police have arrested two men accused of killing Rajendra Barautiya, 35, by making him swallow an explosive wild boar pellet presented as candy in the state of Madhya Pradesh.

Pelham Spong testifies on France Inter after filing a complaint of sexual assault against Mohamed Al-Fayed. The French investigation targets a vast network of trafficking in women and rapes.

An elected official was doused with gasoline in front of a high school in Chelles in Seine-et-Marne. A closed, full bottle hit her in the chest, spilling a yellow liquid that smelled of gasoline. The Meaux public prosecutor's office has opened an investigation into attempted intentional homicide.

Europol announced 354 arrests and seizures of drugs, weapons and money as part of Operation TorNado, coordinated between May 2025 and October 2026 with police forces from 14 countries, of which the United Kingdom and the United States account for the majority of arrests.
A man indicted for “intentional homicide” after the death of radical far-right activist Quentin Deranque in Lyon was released under judicial supervision on Thursday evening. The Lyon public prosecutor's office, through prosecutor Thierry Dran, announces its intention to appeal and file a summary release. Nine men in total were indicted for murder or complicity in this case, linked to a clash between ultra-right and ultra-left activists in February 2025.