A scare on Tuesday evening at the petrol station in Rue des États-Généraux in the heart of Versailles (Yvelines). At around 9.45 pm, a man came to this small Total petrol station in the city centre, just a few steps away from the town hall and the castle. There he approached a driver who was refuelling. He demanded that he hand over his vehicle and appeared extremely threatening.
He demanded of his victim, a 20-year-old man from Paris, ‘Give me your car or I’ll cut your throat’. The stranger escalated his threat by saying: ‘This is my battle today’ and that he was ready to ‘blow up the petrol station’, according to a police source. He then began reciting suras from the Quran and shouting ‘Allahu akbar’.
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The 30-year-old from Versailles, who has been taken into police custody, is to be questioned and medically examined again to determine his mental state. The diagnosis will determine the next steps in the case, which involves glorification of terrorism, repeated death threats and attempted robbery.
Le Parisien / Versailles (78) : Fouad M., un Versaillais de 32 ans, menace d’égorger un homme, de « faire péter » la station-service, avant de réciter des sourates du Coran et de crier « Allah Akbar » – Fdesouche