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Italy extradites mosque murder suspect to France: prosecutor

By AFP
May 10, 2025
Attendees carry the coffin of Aboubakar Cissé as they walk past the Khadija Mosque in La Grand-Combe, southern France, on May 2, 2025. — AFP
 Attendees carry the coffin of Aboubakar Cissé as they walk past the Khadija Mosque in La Grand-Combe, southern France, on May 2, 2025. — AFP 

MONTPELLIER, France: Italy has handed over to France the man accused of stabbing a young Malian to death in a mosque two weeks ago, a French prosecutor said on Friday.

Aboubakar Cisse was stabbed dozens of times while attending prayers at the mosque in the southern French town of La Grand-Combe on April 25. Olivier Hadzovic, a 20-year-old French national of Bosnian origin accused of carrying out the attack, surrendered to Italian authorities after three days on the run.