What is known about William M., 69, suspected of killing at least three people outside the Amet-Kaya Kurdish Cultural Centre (updated 18:18 UTC+1)

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Previous criminal record for racism
According to Le Monde, the suspect, William M., 69, is known to the courts "for acts of violence committed in 2016 and for attempted voluntary manslaughter in a migrant camp in the 12th arrondissement of Paris on 8 December 2021".
In a statement, the Paris prosecutor's office mentions three prior judicial records. In June 2017, William M. was sentenced to six suspended prison terms for "prohibited possession of weapons of categories A, B and C". In June 2022, he was sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment for acts of violence with weapons committed in 2016. The proceedings are still ongoing, as William M. has appealed against this judgment.
More recently, William M. is suspected of having slashed with a sword, in December 2021, several shelters in a camp occupied by migrants, mainly single men of Sudanese origin, located behind the Accor Arena concert hall in Paris. Two people at the scene were briefly hospitalised at the Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital with injuries.
Released from prison on 12 December
In this last case, the sexagenarian was charged with "violence with TIW of less than or more than eight days with a weapon, with premeditation and of a racist nature and damage". Placed in pre-trial detention for almost a year, he was released on 12 December last year and placed under judicial supervision with a ban on leaving the country and carrying a weapon. A release from prison comes "at the end of the maximum period of pre-trial detention of one year provided by law", the prosecutor said in a statement. As the judicial investigation is still underway, William M. has not yet been tried.
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