The minister of the Interior, Bruno Retailleau, proposed to receive the family of Aboubakar Cissé, killed in a mosque in the Gard, and representatives of the Malian community, on May 23. “A new date has been proposed to the High Council of Malians of France and to all family members who will come to come,” said the entourage of the Minister of the Interior. He explains to exchange with one of the uncles of Aboubakar Cissé living in France.
“For the moment, he has not contacted the family. It seems that he is related to certain representatives of the Malian community but not with the family, “said Aminata Konaté-Boune, family spokesperson. The vice-president of the High Council of Malians of France, Niakaté Djambéré Sega, said that a delegation including family members and the Malian community was to meet the minister today, at their request. But the appointment was shifted due to the impediment of a relative of the victim.
“We expect more than simple declarations”
Before the funeral scheduled in Mali, the victim’s body was welcomed this Monday at the Great Mosque in Paris in the presence of a large crowd. “We, Muslims in France, expect more than simple declarations. This crime is not a news item, it is an act of hatred, extreme violence, punctuated by anti-Islam invective […] It is an Islamophobic attack, a terrorist crime, “denounced the rector of the Great Mosque, Chems-Eddine Hafiz.
“Some absences, hesitations, have left traces. When the word Islamophobic becomes the object of a sterile debate, the real violence is denied. […] We cannot fight a hatred that we refuse to name, “he added. An investigation was opened and entrusted to an investigating judge for “aggravated murder by premeditation and at the rate of race or religion”.
