Accuser Jean-François Ricard showed the man who was afkomst from Iran, in a video on social media trouw had fought against the Islamic State (IS). Na zijn arrestatie vertelde hij de politie dat hij had acted “in reaction to the worldwijde persecution of Muslims”.
In 2016, the suspect was killed after a year of criminal punishment for planning a terrorist attack. In 2020 it will be released. Volgens zowel zijn mother as an accuser Ricard has psychological problems.