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| France beheading attack: Suspect Yassin Salhi kills himself | France beheading attack: Suspect Yassin Salhi kills himself |
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| A French terror suspect who decapitated his boss and tried to blow up a gas plant in June, has been found dead in prison near Paris. | A French terror suspect who decapitated his boss and tried to blow up a gas plant in June, has been found dead in prison near Paris. |
| The authorities said Yassin Salhi, 35, had killed himself. | The authorities said Yassin Salhi, 35, had killed himself. |
| He was being held in Fleury-Merogis prison, south Paris. | He was being held in Fleury-Merogis prison, south Paris. |
| Prosecutors regarded Salhi as a militant Islamist, but the delivery driver maintained that he was motivated by a grudge against his employer. | Prosecutors regarded Salhi as a militant Islamist, but the delivery driver maintained that he was motivated by a grudge against his employer. |
| Salhi had been placed in solitary confinement pending his trial, but was not considered a suicide risk. | Salhi had been placed in solitary confinement pending his trial, but was not considered a suicide risk. |
| On 26 June he drove his van into a building containing flammable liquids at the Air Products factory near the city of Lyon. | On 26 June he drove his van into a building containing flammable liquids at the Air Products factory near the city of Lyon. |
| There was a blast shortly afterwards and the decapitated body of Salhi's boss, was found nearby. | There was a blast shortly afterwards and the decapitated body of Salhi's boss, was found nearby. |
| His head - reportedly bearing Arabic inscriptions - had been hooked on to factory railings, alongside two flags, also with Arabic writing on it. | His head - reportedly bearing Arabic inscriptions - had been hooked on to factory railings, alongside two flags, also with Arabic writing on it. |
| Salhi had been under surveillance for being a suspected radical Islamism between 2006 and 2008, officials said. |