Former railway worker sentenced to seven years for racially motivated sword attack on Paris migrant camp

A Paris correctional tribunal found William Malet guilty of racially motivated violence for using a sword to assault a migrant camp in the Bercy park, leaving two victims injured. Malet, a 73-year-old former railway worker, told the court he wanted to wound and terrorise the camp’s residents. The court imposed a seven-year prison term, a five-year ban on weapon possession, and a five-year period of ineligibility for public office.

He is already serving a three-year sentence for a prior knife attack on intruders at his home. Malet is also awaiting trial for a 2022 mass killing of three Kurdish individuals in Paris, for which he faces murder and attempted murder charges. The upcoming trial will address those alleged hate-motivated killings.