France: Family of mosque murder victim want case treated as terrorism

22-year-old Aboubakar Cissé was stabbed to death in a mosque in the Gard region in southern France in April.

Until now, French authorities have treated his killing as aggravated murder. Cisse’s family wants the case to be classified as a terrorist attack.

The family’s lawyers were due to submit a complaint to the Paris judicial court on Friday, arguing that, Cissé – a Malian student – was the victim of a terrorist attack.

…