Following the assassination of the Tunisian national Hichem Miraoui in Puget-sur-Argens in France, the Tunisian Minister of the Interior, Khaled Nouri, spoke with his French counterpart, Bruno Retailleau. He insisted on the need to strengthen the protection of Tunisians living in France and to prevent any violent drift linked to hatred speeches.
Following the odious terrorist attack having cost the life of the Tunisian citizen Hichem Miraoui, 35, hairdresser of his state, occurring in the evening of Saturday May 31, 2025 in Puget-sur-Argens (Var), the Minister of the Interior, Khaled Nouri, had a telephone interview yesterday, with his French counterpart, Bruno Retailleau.
During this exchange, Khaled Nouri expressed his lively condemnation of this tragic act which deeply shocked public opinion in Tunisia. He underlined the imperative to guarantee the security of the Tunisian community residing in France, by calling for the implementation of a preventive approach in order to avoid such crimes, contrary to human values, and to prevent recurrence. He also warned of speeches encouraging hatred and extremism, which can often lead to such atrocities.
For his part, the French Minister of the Interior, Mr. Bruno Retailleau, firmly condemned this crime of a racist nature, which he described as a terrorist act. He assured total rejection by the French authorities of everything that could sow discord within the company.
On behalf of the French government, he presented his sincere condolences to the family of the victim, claiming that French justice would apply the most severe sanctions against the author of this act, which represents neither French society nor the values of the Republic.
Recall that on Saturday, the body of Hichem Miraoui was found in Puget-sur-Argens, where he lived, riddled with five impacts of bullets. A Turk was also injured at the time of the facts.
The respondent, currently in police custody, is a neighbor. He was arrested in the process aboard his vehicle, where “automatic pistol type, pump gun and handgun” weapons were discovered, according to the Draguignan prosecutor. The anti -terrorist prosecutor’s office took up the investigation.
The suspect, born in 1971, is French and a follower of sports shooting. Before and after his act, he published two videos with “racist and hateful” content on Facebook, according to the Draguignan prosecutor. In one of them, he would have assured “lending allegiance to the French flag” and called the French to “shoot” on people of foreign origin.
