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French Beheading Suspect Denies Jihad Motivation

A man supposed to be the suspect who held over an attack against a gas company site is escorted by police officers during investigations in Saint-Priest
A man supposed to be the suspect who held over an attack against a gas company site is escorted by police officers during investigations in Saint-Priest / Reuters
June 29, 2015

PARIS (Reuters) - The man being held in France under suspicion of beheading his boss and trying to blow up a chemicals plant has told investigators there was no religious motivation behind the attack, a source close to the inquiry said.

The source said Yassin Salhi, 35, told investigators he was not a jihadist and repeated earlier statements that he committed the act outside the southeast city of Lyon on Friday after a row with his wife the day before and his boss a few days earlier.

(Reporting by Gregory Blachier; Writing by Mark John; Editing by Leila Abboud)

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