A Pakistani man accused in a double stabbing outside the former Paris offices of satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo has been handed preliminary terrorism charges.
The suspect told investigators he acted out of anger over caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad recently republished by the weekly newspaper.
Investigating magistrates handed him preliminary charges of "attempted murder in relation with a terrorist enterprise," the counterterrorism prosecutor's office said Wednesday. He will remain in custody pending further investigation. Relatives and associates of the suspect were released without charge.