A 22-year-old Moroccan national, accused of murdering a Paris university student identified only as Philippine, will be handed over to France from Switzerland on Wednesday, authorities said. Following the killing, French politicians have called for a crackdown on illegal immigration but rights groups said the focus should instead be on femicide.
A 22-year-old man suspected of murdering a Paris university student will be extradited to France from Switzerland on Wednesday, a source close to the case told AFP on Monday.
The murder of the 19-year-old, identified only as Philippine, shocked France and prompted calls for further toughening of deportation and migrant detention laws.
The suspect, Taha O., a Moroccan national, agreed to the extradition last week after initially refusing.
On Monday, he was heard again by authorities in the canton of Geneva, and confirmed his consent to being handed over to France under a simplified extradition procedure, according to the Paris prosecutor’s office.
Philippine’s body was found half-buried in the Bois de Boulogne park in western Paris in September.
President Emmanuel Macron has called Philippine’s murder “a heinous and atrocious crime”, saying that “we need to protect the public better”.
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