صحيح أو خطأ. هل تم تصوير المشتبه به في الهجوم العنصري في تراب، كيفن ت، خلال اجتماع مؤيد للفلسطينيين؟ – فرانس انفو
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For several days, a picture has been circulating on social media showing a man presented as Kevin T. standing with activists from the French Solidarity with Palestine Association (AFPS).
Published on 27/10/2026 at 4:03 PM
Updated on 27/10/2026 at 4:16 PM
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On Friday, October 23, Kevin T., 39, committed a racist attack, firing shots in Trappes and La Verrière, before being arrested in Coignières, in Yvelines. (Dimitar Dilkoff / AFP)
He admitted the facts but denied acting out of racism: Kevin T., 39, the suspect in the Yvelines attack, remained in custody on Tuesday, October 27, after an interruption due to his psychological state. National Anti-Terrorism Prosecutor Olivier Christen indicated during a press conference that the suspect “does not dispute the materiality of the facts” nor “the racist nature of his crimes.” His detention is now likely to continue until Thursday.
This picture circulated widely on social media in recent days. It supposedly showed the suspect at a meeting of the French-Palestinian Solidarity Association. This widely shared image was presented by internet users as proof of his commitment to the far-left.
This picture, which shows a man presented as Kevin T. in the midst of a public meeting of the association, is indeed authentic, as France Info was able to verify. However, it is not recent: it was taken in 2018 during a rally in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines.
According to the association, Kevin T. “was never a member or a donor.” He attended these open-to-all meetings several times. It was in this context that the photo was taken.
This photo, which has been circulating since the Trappes attack, shows a man presented as Kevin T. standing with activists from the French Solidarity with Palestine Association (AFPS). It is authentic and dates back to 2018. (France Info / Radio France)
Olivier Barège, a local elected official for the environment, also present in the picture and whom we were able to contact, also remembers “having met him two or three times,” he told France Info. Describing him as “a lonely man,” “not really a militant,” but rather “someone who was mainly looking to meet people,” the local elected official says he had not seen him for at least six or seven years. “We knew he said strange things, and he didn’t become very friendly,” he affirms.
During his bloody rampage, which began on Friday, October 23, around 10 AM in Trappes and continued in the neighboring town of La Verrière, the suspect, originally from Yvelines, fired into the street from his car, killing a 26-year-old Frenchman of African origin and injuring five others. His criminal record shows four old convictions, according to the National Anti-Terrorism Prosecutor’s office.
He was known to the police for “drug use,” according to initial reports. His blood tests revealed the presence of cannabis and cocaine at the time of the attack, according to Binet. On the other hand, he is not known to intelligence services, Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez stated on Monday, referring to the case of “isolated profiles, nourished by a racist ideology, who act suddenly,” which are “the hardest to detect.” Kevin T. “was driven by hatred and racism and killed for that,” the Interior Minister concluded.
