An illegal migrant was arrested and taken into police custody in Sarcelles in the Val-d’Oise department on October 19 for “glorifying terrorism” and ” staying in the country despite an obligation to leave French territory”.
Around 10pm, 25-year-old Muhammad Hassan had staged a shooting outside the town’s large synagogue, a police source told Valeurs actuelles. The prefect decided to place him in the Centre de rétention administrative (CRA) in Mesnil-Amelot in order to deport him.