2023-06-08 16:13:00
The young woman, who shared her life with him until last year in southwestern Sweden, displayed her disbelief at the act attributed to Abdalmasih H., 31, from whom she divorced there. a few months old.
“I don’t know what happened to him, what you are telling me is terrible. But I haven’t had contact with him, I don’t know where he lives, or how he is psychologically.” , said the ex-wife, on condition of anonymity.
The attack on Thursday morning left six injured, including four children aged 22 to 36 months, in a park near Lake Annecy in southeastern France.
“Him? (…) My God, he was very nice, I don’t understand,” added the young woman when she heard the news.
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According to her, the departure of the Syrian, who described himself as being of Christian religion to the French authorities, is linked to the fact that he “did not succeed in obtaining Swedish nationality”.
“We met in Turkey, fell in love and came here (to Sweden). After two years we got married, but he mightn’t get Swedish citizenship, so he decided to leave the country. country. We separated because I didn’t want to leave Sweden,” she said over the phone.
This departure took place “eight months ago”, according to the young woman, who confirmed that he had obtained refugee status in Sweden.
The French authorities indicated that they had registered an asylum request from him at the end of November 2022, but without taking action because Sweden had already granted him residence.
According to the Swedish Migration Authority, he applied for and received a residence permit in 2013, but has repeatedly failed to obtain citizenship since 2017.
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During a rare exchange with his ex-wife following his departure from Trollhättan where the suspect of the attack lived, the latter explained to him that he lived “in a church” in France.
“I don’t have much news anymore, he was very elusive. He called me four months ago, he lived in a church. But I don’t know much more, he is mainly in contact with his family who lives in the United States”, explained the young woman, also from the Middle East.
Many Syrians, including a large Christian community, have taken refuge in Sweden fleeing the war in their country from 2011.
Deeming the arrivals too high, the Swedish government at the time tightened asylum conditions shortly following the 2015 migration crisis.
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