France: Moroccan Man Charged with Beheading His Own Father

Over the weekend, in Lyon, France, that country experienced another beheading incident. Early Sunday morning, police discovered the beheaded body of a man in his 60s. They arrested the man's son, a 25-year-old Moroccan man, who was walking around nearby with his father's head in one hand and a knife in the other.

The below article from Le Figaro is translated by Fousesquawk. A (non graphic) video is pending.

 https://www.lefigaro.fr/faits-divers/lyon-un-homme-decapite-par-son-fils-sur-un-parking-20220814

Lyon: Man beheaded by his son in a parking lot

By Le Figaro with AFP

Posted 5 hours ago, updated 5 hours ago

The suspect, of Moroccan nationality, was arrested while walking around with his father's head in one hand and a knife in the other.

A man in his 60s was beheaded with a knife late Saturday night at Saint-Priest, in the Lyon area. His 25-year-old son was arrested at the scene, we have learned from (multiple) sources.

The initial elements of the investigation on "the murder by beheading," show that the man placed in custody, "killed his 60-year-old father using a kitchen knife," the Lyon Prosecutor's Office stated to Agence France Presse.

"A head in one hand and a knife in the other"

In the night, "around 2 am, municipal police alerted the national police of the discovery of a beheaded body in a parking lot. The municipal police report(ed) that a man was walking around with a head in one hand, and a knife in the other," according to a source close to the case.

BAC (Anti-Criminality Brigade) police, who arrived as reinforcement, were able to arrest the man, "who tried (unsuccessfully) to stab them," according to the same source. According to ActuLyon, as he was fighting against police, the man reportedly cried, "Allahu akbar".

The suspect, a Moroccan in legal immigration status, is known, "for common law incidents, family disputes involving alcohol or drugs," according to the same source according to AFP.

The man who was placed in custody is not known for incidents of radicalization, the same source added. The investigation, assigned to the Rhone Security Department, "will determine the exact circumstances of the tragedy as well as his motive and will delve into the personality of the perpetrator," according to the Lyon Office of the Prosecutor.