He admitted killing his classmate because "he shouldn't have done what he did. Swapping those photos with the girl I'm seeing."
The interrogation before a magistrate of Zouhair Atif, 19, the Moroccan youth accused of the murder of Abanoud Youssef, 18, an Italian of Egyptian origins, ended with his arrest for murder.
The magistrate is considering whether to charge the aggravating circumstance of premeditation due to the knife having been brought from home. The magistrate has classified the case. From what has been learned, Atif has revealed the motive: Abanoud had known the girl Atif was dating since childhood , and they had exchanged photos of themselves as children.
Atif has been transferred to prison. Meanwhile, Abanoud's body remains at the disposal of the magistrate who will decide whether to request an autopsy.
It remains to be seen whether Atif brought the knife with him, thus premeditating the attack. According to what Repubblica reported this morning, Abanoub's uncle claimed that Atif "wasn't the first time he'd brought a knife to school. They should have stopped him sooner."
