According to the
investigation, the four men between 17 and 39, who were indicted for terrorism
on Tuesday, conducted searches around the presidency of the republic and
acquired a Kalashnikov.
In police custody, they
did not hide their adherence to radical Islam. Neither their will to commit
violent action, project already at an advanced stage during the police cordon. According
to our sources, the four suspects, Alexandre B., Karim B., Anis M. and MC,
arrested on Friday and indicted on Tuesday for "criminal terrorist
criminal conspiracy" and imprisoned, planned to attack the Elysee with a
rifle assault Kalashnikov, but also a police station in Seine-Saint-Denis.
The date of a passage to
the act at the beginning of Ramadan was mentioned during their discussions. This
is the result of the investigations of the police officers of the General
Directorate of Internal Security (DGSI), who have used very thorough
surveillance techniques to disable the group of fanatics of the Islamic State
group (IS).
Aged 17, 26, 38 and 39
years, the alleged terrorists, domiciled in Paris, the Val-d'Oise and
Seine-Saint-Denis, were in the viewfinder investigators since 1 February. In
the course of their preparations, the suspects conducted searches on the rue du
Faubourg-Saint-Honore (8th arrondissement of Paris), where the Presidency of
the Republic is located. Analyzes of their phones and surveillance confirm the
existence of these trips intended, it seems, to observe the rounds of police on
duty. In their exchanges, suspects would have boasted of knowing the Elysee and
would have evoked a front door service. Did they want to attack the police, hit
blindly or target a particular person? The investigation has yet to
determine it.
Mosques also targeted
One certainty: the investigations reveal that the jihadist cell was also interested in the police station of Aulnay-sous-Bois. Here again, locations were detected. "I do not care to shoot at cops even if they are Muslim," he said, in essence, one of the suspects in custody. Other targets have been mentioned, such as the Avenue des Champs-Elysées or ... mosques, on the grounds that the Muslims of France are too moderate. The group, which was discussing encrypted messaging, had managed to collect 1200 euros to acquire a Kalashnikov assault rifle. Meetings were held in Chelles (Seine-et-Marne).
One certainty: the investigations reveal that the jihadist cell was also interested in the police station of Aulnay-sous-Bois. Here again, locations were detected. "I do not care to shoot at cops even if they are Muslim," he said, in essence, one of the suspects in custody. Other targets have been mentioned, such as the Avenue des Champs-Elysées or ... mosques, on the grounds that the Muslims of France are too moderate. The group, which was discussing encrypted messaging, had managed to collect 1200 euros to acquire a Kalashnikov assault rifle. Meetings were held in Chelles (Seine-et-Marne).
Of the four suspects,
only the youngest was known for terrorism. Former high school student S, MC was
sentenced in January to three years in prison, including two suspended, for a
project of aborted departure in Syria in 2017. The minor had since been in a
closed educational center located in a small town of the Seine -St Denis.
According to the Terrorism Analysis Center (CAT), MC was intercepted with an
older friend on a German highway in February 2017: he then told the police of
the DGSI that he intended to "join the Syrian army free, fight the regime
of Bashar al-Assad and do humanitarian work. " But the investigators had
discovered on his iPhone many telegram pro jihadist channels, nasheeds (warrior
songs) calling for "slaughtering the miscreants" and, more
worryingly, research on 9 mm bullets and a video showing police officers from
the police station. Gonesse (Val-d'Oise).
No "threats in the air"
Victim of a chaotic childhood, M.C. is also the author of a false bomb alert ... November 13, 2015 at the Gare de Lyon in Paris. It was by getting a mobile phone, unbeknownst to his educators who did not know his persistent radicalization, that the young man would have come into contact with his accomplices.
The profile of the group elder is also of interest to the investigators. At age 39, Alexander B. was, according to a source close to the investigations, the most active member. This inhabitant of the 19th arrondissement of Paris was an official at the Paris mayor, recruited in June 2013 as a technical assistant to maintain a sports stadium. As for the two other suspects, Karim B. and Anis M., they were known only for common law offenses, the first also for psychiatric disorders. A close investigator assured: "For us, this cell did not utter threats in the air and was going to act imminently."
Victim of a chaotic childhood, M.C. is also the author of a false bomb alert ... November 13, 2015 at the Gare de Lyon in Paris. It was by getting a mobile phone, unbeknownst to his educators who did not know his persistent radicalization, that the young man would have come into contact with his accomplices.
The profile of the group elder is also of interest to the investigators. At age 39, Alexander B. was, according to a source close to the investigations, the most active member. This inhabitant of the 19th arrondissement of Paris was an official at the Paris mayor, recruited in June 2013 as a technical assistant to maintain a sports stadium. As for the two other suspects, Karim B. and Anis M., they were known only for common law offenses, the first also for psychiatric disorders. A close investigator assured: "For us, this cell did not utter threats in the air and was going to act imminently."
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