Jewish organizations demand that the anti-Semitic trail not be dismissed

Liyahu Haddad was to be buried in Israel on Thursday 1^er September, almost fifteen days after his assassination, which occurred in France on August 19. The body of this 44-year-old man, of the Jewish faith, was found buried in the grounds of his house in Longperrier, in Seine-et-Marne, two days later, the face ” destroy “, according to the family lawyer. The 24-year-old Muslim suspect showed up at the police station and confessed to his crime.

His testimony enabled investigators from the Seine-et-Marne gendarmerie to find the body of the victim, physically and mentally handicapped, whose face bore numerous traces of ax and knife blows. Since then, suspicions of an anti-Semitic murder “pass through part of the Jewish community”relates Yonathan Arfi, president of the Representative Council of Jewish Institutions in France (CRIF), who asks the investigators that “all avenues should be explored at this stage, including the possibility of the aggravating factor of anti-Semitism”.

The alleged murderer, Mohamed D., was indicted on August 23 for ” voluntary homicide “ and remanded in custody. According to M^e Elie Korchia, lawyer for the Haddad family, civil party, this young Tunisian justified his gesture by an attempt at sexual touching on the part of Mr. Haddad, against a background of alcoholism. A version that the victim’s family council considers fragile. Liyahou Haddad, married before settling alone in this small village in order to raise cats and other animals that he “adored” suffered from serious health problems, “He couldn’t walk at all”says his younger brother, Elior Haddad.

“Anti-Semitic remarks”

In a press release dated August 30, the public prosecutor of Meaux, Hervé Tetier, indicated that the judicial information would focus “to collect all the evidence useful to establish the exact circumstances of the facts”. He also specified that “if the investigation did not include any objective element highlighting a discriminatory motivation, and in particular anti-Semitic, any element allowing it to be established will give rise to requisitions from the public prosecutor’s office tending to aggravate the qualification retained”. A response to the many voices that have risen to demand that the victim’s confession not be ignored among the motives that led to his brutal murder.

If it is certain that the two men knew each other, it is difficult at this stage to determine the exact nature of their relationship. According to the victim’s brother, the suspect realized “regular maintenance work” in the house of Seine-et-Marne of his eldest. Elior Haddad says he met the alleged murderer once. He describes “kind of a weird guy” having immediately given him “anti-Semitic remarks” : “He told me about Israel, Palestine, Jews killing Arabs. »

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