FILE PHOTO: Flowers and tribute messages are seen outside the hair salon where used to work a Tunisian man, who was shot dead by a neighbour last Saturday in the town of Puget-sur-Argens, after French anti-terrorism prosecutor's office has opened an investigation into whether the killing was a racially motivated crime, south of France, June 4, 2025. REUTERS/Manon Cruz/File Photo
PUGET-SUR-ARGENS, France (Reuters) -Hichem Miraoui, a 45-year-old Tunisian barber, was at home in the south of France late in May, chatting on the phone with his mother and sisters, when a neighbour drove past and shot him dead on his doorstep.
After killing Miraoui and shooting Kurdish neighbour Akif Badur in the hand, Christophe Belgembe posted four videos on Facebook, according to France's anti-terror prosecutor's office, known as PNAT. Bemoaning a state "unable to protect us, unable to send them home," Belgembe said he had "taken out two or three pieces of s***" and this was only the beginning.
