Garde-Colombe

Garde-Colombe
Garde-Colombe

Coordinates: 44°20′46″N 5°46′16″E / 44.346°N 5.771°E / 44.346; 5.771Coordinates: 44°20′46″N 5°46′16″E / 44.346°N 5.771°E / 44.346; 5.771
Country France
Region Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Department Hautes-Alpes
Arrondissement Gap
Canton Serres
Area1 34.61 km2 (13.36 sq mi)
Population (2012)2 549
 • Density 16/km2 (41/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code 05053 / 05300

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Garde-Colombe is a commune in the Hautes-Alpes department of southeastern France. The municipality was established on 1 January 2016 and consists of the former communes of Eyguians, Lagrand and Saint-Genis.[1]

The newly minted commune was the location of the 20 July 2016 knife attack on a mother and her three daughters (aged 8,[2] 12, and 14) at a local VVF Lagrand resort. The 8-year old was airlifted by helicopter to Grenoble because of a punctured lung.[3] The perpetrator from Morocco,[4] Mohamed Boufarkouch,[5] shouted "Allah akbar" (Allah is great) several times in jail.[6] Boufarkouch, who has been on disability since 2009,[7] was in Garde-Colombe with his two daughters and his pregnant wife. The prosecutor indicated that terrorism is not seen as a prime motivator, and indicated there were "no signs of religious radicalisation" and the suspect's practice of the Muslim religion "has been moderate."[8]

References

  1. ↑ Arrêté préfectoral 2 October 2015 (French)
  2. ↑ "Mother and 3 Daughters Stabbed in French Holiday Village". Time. Retrieved 20 July 2016. Three victims were said to have non-life threatening injuries but the the fourth, the 8-year-old girl, was in a more serious condition
  3. ↑ "Mum And Daughters Stabbed In Holiday Village". Sky News (UK). Retrieved 21 July 2016. An eight-year-old girl is believed to be fighting for her life after suffering a punctured lung in the attack in Garde-Colombe in the Hautes-Alpes region at around 10am on Tuesday.
  4. ↑ "Man knifes mother and three daughters at French holiday park". BBC. Retrieved 20 July 2016. the suspect in custody was of Moroccan origin and had been staying on the site with his own family next door to the victims.
  5. ↑ "Mother and her three daughters, aged between 8 and 14, are stabbed by 'Muslim' man in French holiday resort because they were 'scantily dressed'". The Daily Mail. The attacker, named locally as Moroccan-born Mohamed Boufarkouch, was later arrested on suspicion of attempted murder and remains in police custody.
  6. ↑ http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/man-suspected-knifing-mum-three-8450861
  7. ↑ Sarrazin, Jean-Christophe (20 July 2016). "Agression de Lagrand : le suspect n'aurait pas supporté un geste du père des enfants". L'e-media 05 (in French). Retrieved 21 July 2016. He told investigators he was on disability since 2009
  8. ↑ Pueyo, Serge (21 July 2016). "Drame dans les Hautes-Alpes : l'effarant mobile de l'agresseur". Le Parisien (in French). Retrieved 28 July 2016. Cet incident n'a pas conduit le parquet antiterroriste de Paris à se saisir du dossier. Aucun signe de radicalisation religieuse n'a en effet été découvert par les enquêteurs, notamment lors de la perquisition du domicile du suspect à Limay (Yvelines). Mohamed B. est un musulman pratiquant. Sa femme est voilée. Il a déclaré que sa pratique de la religion était modérée. Selon lui, « les attentats et Daech n'ont rien à voir avec l'islam, qui est une religion de paix »

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