Neighbor kills Moroccan man in France, reportedly due to his religion

A Moroccan man in France was brutally stabbed to death by his neighbor in front of his wife, with media reports describing it as a "horrific Islamophobic attack." Mohamed El Makouli was attacked by a 28-year-old man who broke into his house on Wednesday evening, it was reported later.

El Makouli's wife Nadia (31) suffered injuries to her arms as she tried to save her husband before fleeing the house with their child in the quiet village of Beaucet, near Avignon, to call the police.

The attacker entered the house shouting "I am your God, I am your Islam," and then stabbed El Makouli multiple times with a knife, according to the National Observatory against Islamophobia.

Some time later, he returned with another knife and attacked the 47-year-old Moroccan again, this time killing him. An autopsy determined that El Makouli had been stabbed 17 times.

The attacker, who has been charged with "homicide, attempted homicide, and possession of narcotics," reportedly suffers from schizophrenia and had previously been treated in a psychiatric clinic. Abdallah Zakri, president of the Observatory, described the murder in Beaucet as a "horrific Islamophobic attack."