However, he gave up his plans because the suburb was not busy and his clothes prevented him from easily reloading his gun. According to his own statements, he bought the gun four years ago from a member of the rifle club he belonged to, who has since died.
After returning to his parents’ apartment in Paris, he decided to go to the Kurdish cultural center where he ended up killing three people on Friday. According to Beccuau, he had the intention of using up all his ammunition “and killing himself with the last cartridge”. However, he was overpowered by civilians in a hair salon before he could go ahead with the plan. According to the prosecutor, the 69-year-old described himself as “depressed” and “suicidal”.
“He’s crazy, he’s crazy,” his father told AFP, describing his son as quiet and reserved. He added that the latter said nothing when he left his parents’ home on Friday.
The man is being investigated, among other things, because of a possible racist motive. So far, the investigations have indicated “no connection to an extremist ideology,” said the prosecutor.
Since he was burgled in 2016, Beccuau said he had “always had a desire to murder migrants, foreigners.” He saw this incident as a “trigger”. The former engine driver had brutally attacked the burglars and was therefore sentenced to twelve months in prison in June of this year. He appealed against the verdict.
The 69-year-old said he was “angry at all migrants,” added the prosecutor. He justified his anger at the Kurds by saying that during their fight against the jihadist militia Islamic State they “made prisoners instead of killing them”.
The suspect shot dead three people and injured three others near a Kurdish cultural center in Paris on Friday. He was taken into police custody at the scene. He was transferred to the police prefecture psychiatric ward on Saturday.
