Aboubakar Cisse was a French citizen of Malian heritage who was recently stabbed to death in a mosque in France, find out more about him and the incident below
Following the fatal stabbing, President Emmanuel Macron has come out to speak against religious hatred and racism.
Who is Aboubakar Cisse, Muslim man stabbed to death by Oliver in La Grand-Combe Mosque, France, bio, age, religion and nationality
In a brutal Islamophobic attack, a young man, 24-year-old Aboubakar Cissé, was stabbed over 40 times inside La Grand-Combe Mosque in southern France.
The attacker, identified as Olivier H., a 21-year-old Frenchman, deceptively approached the victim under the pretext of wanting… pic.twitter.com/lC1N9JfeQe
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Présente ce matin au rassemblement organisé par @NicolasMayerNMR pour rendre hommage à Aboubakar Cissé, assassiné parce qu’il était musulman.
Face à cet acte barbare, nous rappelons avec force que la République est une et indivisible. La laïcité n’est pas l’effacement des… pic.twitter.com/dNXwHnV9nM
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1/2 Aboubakar Cissé tué par le terrorisme islamophobe
Nous appellons à dénoncer ce crime odieux ainsi que ts les actes racistes et la politique islamophobe du gvt , lors du défilé du 1er mai (sous le drapeau de la Palestine) , place de la République à 10h et ⤵️#Aboubakar pic.twitter.com/Rd3vP4dG8L— Comité Action Palestine (@ComiteAction) April 28, 2025
The recent killing has caused massive outrage across the whole nation, sparking all kinds of discussions amongst its citizens.
Aboubakar Cisse murdered in mosque
A tragic incident took place on Friday in La Grand-Combe, when an attacker named age 21 Olivier Hadzovic brutally stabbed a young Malian man named Aboubakar Cisse to death inside a mosque. Authorities managed to later identify the attacker as a French citizen of Bosnian origin. Oliver reportedly stabbed Cisse dozens of times before shouting anti-Islamic insults.
He then went on to even film the dying man with his mobile phone before spreading the horrific video with another person who briefly posted it on social media. Other worshippers at the mosque later discovered Cisse’s lifeless body that same morning when they arrived for Friday prayers. The suspect is still on the run, and regional prosecutor Abdelkrim Grini has labeled him “extremely dangerous.” Authorities have reportedly deployed around 70 investigators to track him down.
Aboubakar Cisse bio
Age 24 Aboubakar Cisse was a young Muslim man from Mali who was recently stabbed to death while worshipping in a mosque. He had arrived in France seeking a better life, and he was just in his early 20s at the time of his death. He was a regular figure at the mosque in La Grand-Combe, which is a small village of about 5,000 residents. According to his friends and community members, Cisse was a peaceful individual dedicated to his faith.
Meurtre dans une mosquée du Gard: "Ça m'a fait du bien d'entendre qu'il se soit rendu de lui-même, avant qu'il ne fasse d'autres victimes", affirme Cekou, le petit frère de la victime Aboubakar Cissé pic.twitter.com/TMuSDGnLWR
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Protests and National Response
In response to the attack, nearly around 1,000 people marched through La Grand-Combe to honor Cisse’s memory. Meanwhile, others have carried out plans for protests against Islamophobia in Paris and other major cities. The French Council of the Muslim Faith (CFCM) has also come out and called the murder an “anti-Muslim terrorist attack.” French President Emmanuel Macron also issued a statement on Sunday, stating:
Racism and hatred based on religion can have no place in France. Freedom of worship cannot be violated..”