A police car patrols in front of the French bank Societe Generale building in the financial district of La Defense during a search operation November 18, 2013. REUTERS/Jacky Naegelen
PARIS (Reuters) - A Frenchman suspected of shooting a man at a newspaper office and firing into the lobby of a bank has been placed under preliminary investigation for attempted murder, a prosecutor said on Friday.
Police arrested Abdelhakim Dekhar, 48, this week after a manhunt which ended when they found him semi-conscious in a parked car in a Paris suburb, following an apparent suicide attempt. He has since been recovering in hospital.
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