Suspect in murder of Tunisian man to appear before French judge: prosecutors

Prosecutors in France investigating the murder of 46-year-old Tunisian national Hichem Miraoui are treating the case as a suspected racist attack, The Times reported on Tuesday. (X/@kkerima)
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PARIS: A Frenchman accused of murdering his Tunisian neighbor in the south of France will appear before an anti-terrorism judge on Thursday, the national anti-terror prosecutor’s office said.

Christophe B. is accused of killing Hichem Miraoui in an attack Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau described as both “racist” and “anti-Muslim.”

Anti-terrorism prosecutors have taken over the case, the first time a far-right racist attack has been treated as a “terrorist” offense since the unit was created in 2019.