French suspect in killing of Tunisian neighbour to appear before anti-terrorism judge

A Frenchman accused of murdering his Tunisian neighbour 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 that sparked alarm over rising racism in France and Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau described as “racist” and “perhaps also a terrorist crime”.

Anti-terrorism prosecutors, known by their French acronym PNAT, have taken over the case – the first time a far-right racist attack has been treated as a “terrorist” offence since the unit was created in 2019.

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