Psychiatric Evaluation Deems Amiens Student’s Killer Unfit for Trial

According to the experts, Mike Razafimahatratra suffered "from a mental or neuropsychic disorder that abolished his discernment within the meaning of Article 122-1 of the Penal Code" at the time of the facts. Hence, the criminal irresponsibility of the murderer. The latter would have declared to have heard voices ordering him the ultra-violent act. He would also have acknowledged having acted in reaction to a refusal on the part of the victim. According to the civil parties, Salma "refused any sexual intercourse because of her religious beliefs".

The facts took place on April 9, 2020. That day, the police had found the body of the 20-year-old student in an apartment in the Picardy city following an alert from a friend. The initial elements of the investigation conducted by the Lille judicial police revealed that the young woman had been stabbed several times by her aggressor.

Placed in custody, the main suspect, a 25-year-old Reunionese student, confessed to the murder. After committing his crime, he would have remained several days with the body of his companion in the small apartment. Salma Laaziri and Mike Razafimahatratra were a couple and were following a course at the École Supérieure d’Ingénieurs en Électrotechnique et Électronique (ESIEE).