The Malian national suspected of stabbing three passengers at a Paris train station was a prolific user of the TikTok social media platform and hinted to his followers about his planned attack.
Le Figaro newspaper named 32-year-old Sagou Gouno Kassogue as the perpetrator arrested by French authorities after setting fire to a backpack and using a knife and a hammer to injure three people, seemingly indiscriminately, at the Gare De Lyon train station shortly after 7:30 a.m. on Saturday.
Several internet users drew attention to Kassogue’s TikTok account through which he regularly berated France and the West for “impoverishing developing nations” in Africa and claimed that French people would soon “reap the storm” they had sowed for decades.
The Malian national, who was granted asylum in Italy back in 2016, told his 44,000 followers that France was a “terrorist state that finances terrorists” and declared, “I hate all French people,” blaming them for “all the problems on this planet.”
In a video uploaded in December last year, Kassogue hinted that “Allah will welcome me in paradise in three months,” suggesting the attack was religiously motivated, although French authorities claimed the stabbing spree was not terror-related.
“As we speak, there are no elements to suggest that this is a terrorist act,” said Paris police prefect Laurent Nuñez following the attack.
Paris terror suspect was active on TikTok leading up to today’s attack telling followers, “
Back in December 2023 he posted on his TikTok a video where he said: “I hate all French people, all the problems on this planet are due to Westerners.” Then in another video also from December 2023 he said that “Allah will welcome me in paradise in 3 months.” Then 3 months later in February 2024… he committed the attacks. You can easily see that they were premeditated.
Kassogue also praised Russian President Vladimir Putin calling him “an intelligent man” and “a man of his word,” evidencing the growing influence of Russian-fuelled propaganda in the suspect’s home nation. So as you can see the Russians are indoctrinating whoever they can against “the West” which is basically the Western part of Europe and the United States.
The TikTok account has since been deactivated.
Following a psychiatric evaluation, Kassogue’s police custody was lifted late on Saturday, and the Malian was transferred to the psychiatric infirmary at the police headquarters in Paris.
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