French terror suspect took selfie with beheaded victim
By PHILIPPE SOTTO, Associated Press
Jun 27, 2015 12:20 PM CDT
Police officers guard a road leading to a plant which was attacked on Friday in Saint-Quentin-Fallavier, southeast of Lyon, France, Saturday, June 27, 2015. A spokeswoman for the Paris prosecutor's office says one of the four suspects detained over an explosion and beheading in southeast France has...   (Associated Press)

FONTAINES-SUR-SAONE, France (AP) — Officials say the top suspect in the beheading of a French businessman took a "selfie" photo with the slain victim and sent the image to at least one recipient.

Two French officials said authorities were working to confirm the identity of the recipient, but were not able to immediately confirm media reports that it was sent to an unspecified person in Syria.

On Friday, key suspect Yassine Salhi allegedly crashed a truck into an U.S.-owned chemical warehouse and hung his employer's severed head on a factory gate in Saint-Quentin-Fallavier — in what authorities are calling a terror attack.

He was arrested and remained in police custody on Saturday.

Authorities noted the similarity to tactics used by the Islamic State group, though no group has claimed responsibility for the attack.

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