Claude Sinke (R), the octogenarian accused of wounding two men in a shooting at a mosque in southern France and his lawyer Benoit Briffe (L) enter a police car before leaving the Bayonne courthouse on October 30, 2019 where Sinke was charged and ordered held in detention. Sinke, who stood as a candidate for the far-right National Rally in 2015 regional elections, tried to set fire to a mosque in Bayonne and shot two men, aged 74 and 78, who came out to investigate. The prosecutor’s office said in a statement that Sinke, who risks life imprisonment, is now being held on attempted murder, arson, and gun violence charges.
GAIZKA IROZ / AFP
Claude Sinke (R), the octogenarian accused of wounding two men in a shooting at a mosque in southern France and his lawyer Benoit Briffe (L) enter a police car before leaving the Bayonne courthouse on October 30, 2019 where Sinke was charged and ordered held in detention. Sinke, who stood as a candidate for the far-right National Rally in 2015 regional elections, tried to set fire to a mosque in Bayonne and shot two men, aged 74 and 78, who came out to investigate. The prosecutor’s office said in a statement that Sinke, who risks life imprisonment, is now being held on attempted murder, arson, and gun violence charges.
GAIZKA IROZ / AFP