The man is suspected of having killed the student in Paris last September. He was placed in pre-trial detention.
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Nearly a month and a half after his arrest in Switzerland, Taha O., the suspect in the murder of Philippine in Paris, was indicted on Wednesday for “murder accompanied by another repeat crime.” For this, he faces life imprisonment.
In a press release, the Paris prosecutor's office indicates that the suspect “was handed over to France and presented to the investigating judges in charge of the case“. He is also accused of rape, theft, and fraud.
He is suspected of having killed Philippine, a 19-year-old student on September 21 in the Bois de Boulogne. The Paris prosecutor's office opened a judicial investigation a few days later. France filed an extradition request on October 9, but the suspect initially refused to be extradited from Switzerland.
“After initially refusing it, the suspect agreed to the simplified extradition procedure on Monday, November 4, at the Geneva prosecutor's office.“, indicates the public prosecutor in his press release. In conclusion, he recalls that “investigations are continuing with the aim of establishing the circumstances” of the murder.
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