Yassin Salhi, 35, told investigators he decapitated Herve Cornara because of the 'personal difficulties' in his life.The married father-of-three sent a macabre selfie of him posing with the severed head of his boss reportedly daubed in Islamic writing to a WhatsApp number in Canada.
Investigators said it was not possible to fix the location of Salhi's contact, but it has been reported the recipient was in Syria where ISIS has seized swaths of territory.
Cornara's head was found pinned to the gates at the American-owned Air Products factory in Saint-Quentin-Fallavier near Lyon, surrounded by two Islamist flags, on Friday morning. A knife and a fake pistol were also discovered nearby. He had been strangled before he was decapitated.
Salhi told investigators he killed Cornara in a car park and took a picture of him posing with the severed head. He then drove his van at high speed into warehouse packed with inflammable chemicals where he attempted to cause an explosion.
He was overpowered by a firefighter as he was trying to prise open a bottle of acetone in an apparent suicidal bid to destroy the factory.
A testimony by a friend of the victim reported by Le Figaro daily suggested Salhi and his boss had several heated arguments.
Speaking before the raid on her home, Salhi's wife described her husband as a 'normal Muslim' who left for work as usual at 7am this morning.
'My heart stopped when I heard he was a suspect....I expected him this afternoon,'My sister said turn on the television. She was crying... I know my husband. We have a normal family life. He goes to work, he comes back...We are normal Muslims. We do Ramadan. We have three children and a normal family life.'
Culled from Daily Mail
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