The man who shot dead three Kurdish people in Paris has been pictured and named for the first time.

Excerpts from William Mallet’s pre-trial interviews emerged today along with his full name and a picture

The retired French train driver, 69, told prosecutors: "I always wanted to assassinate migrants and foreigners"[…]
He has been in a secure psychiatric unit since the attack on Friday when he used a US Army Colt 45 gun to carry out the massacre around a Kurdish cultural centre in the 10th arrondissement of the French capital

The 69-year-old shot dead two men and a woman at a Kurdish cultural centre and nearby Kurdish cafe

The woman was Emine Kara, the revolutionary Kurdish women’s activist, who fought for many active years against ISIS in Syria. She was wounded in the fight against ISIS and travelled to Europe for medical treatment

Mir Perwer, a popular Kurdish singer and Abdullah Kizil were also killed

Mr Mallet had previously said questioning at a burglary at his home in 2016 had triggered a “hatred of foreigners that became totally pathological”, according to prosecutor Laure Beccuau

Witnesses said they heard also heard Mallett shouting: "I hate Kurds" on Friday

Ms Beccuau said Mr Mallet had said he wanted to take his own life but added: "before committing suicide, I always wanted to assassinate migrants and foreigners"[…]
The man told investigators that he had first travelled to the town of Saint-Denis just north of Paris, armed with a gun and seeking foreigners to “murder”

But he gave up on that idea because there were few people about and his clothing had made it difficult to recharge his gun

He finally decided to head to Rue d’Enghien in the 10th arrondissement of Paris because he knew there was a Kurdish cultural centre there