Paris cop killer Abballa, long 'thirsty for blood'

June 15, 2016 00:25

Larossi Abballa, whose brutal stabbing of a French police couple was claimed by the Islamic State group, told friends of his "thirst for blood" as

long as five years ago.

Abballa was convicted in September 2013 for belonging to a jihadist cell that recruited fighters to send to Pakistan.

Previously known only for petty crime such as theft, he was arrested in 2011 on suspicion of having ties with Mohamed Niaz Abdul Rassed, an Indian national considered the instigator of the jihadist cell.

Though his phones had been tapped since February as part of a probe into jihadists heading for Syria, Paris prosecutor Francois Molins said there was no evidence he was planning Monday's attack.

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