(Adnkronos) – During the search carried out shortly after the Trappes attack at the home of Kevin Tessier – suspected of the racially motivated attack committed in the Yvelines department on October 23 – investigators found a list containing data concerning several French left-wing personalities. This was reported by Rmc and BfmTv. Tessier had noted on a sticky note the names of various left-wing exponents, belonging to “La France Insoumise” and the ecological movement. Next to these names, he had also reported the phone numbers associated with three of the targeted political personalities, as reported by Rmc and BfmTv.
During police custody, questioned about this mysterious list, which also included the identity of an anti-racist activist, involved against “police violence,” the man explained to investigators that he had compiled the list using an illegal website. “It’s a pirate site where you can find all the data stolen from French citizens.” Questioned about the meaning of these notes and the list, Kevin Tessier told investigators that he “had not yet planned anything about it,” but added that the list “could be useful to him one day.”
When asked why he had targeted these specific personalities, the 39-year-old man replied: “because they are left-wing figures, enemies of France.” “I had only taken the numbers, I had no plan in the works,” he then clarified. Contacted, his lawyers were not immediately available, Bfmtv reported.
