A 28-year-old man was arrested on the night of Sunday, May 5, to Monday, May 6. He threatened to kill police officers and claimed to be in possession of explosives.
A man was arrested on Monday May 6 in Saint-Chamond in the Loire department for glorifying terrorism and threatening to commit an attack, BFMTV has learned from police sources.
The 28-year-old had arrived at the police station with the words that he wanted to kill police officers and claimed to be in possession of explosives. The arrest, which took place at around 4 a.m., went without incident, according to information available.
(…) The man was in possession of a walkie-talkie and a black flag with writing in Arabic. During checks in his vehicle, a machete and a sports bag were also discovered. Explosives experts were mobilised to check his car. BFMTV
(…) Pending his appearance before the criminal court in Saint-Etienne on July 3, the defendant was ‘placed under judicial control, in particular with a commitment to therapy’, said the prosecutor David Charmatz (…).
‘In the meantime, he will undergo a psychiatric evaluation,’ the magistrate further explained. He added that the suspect ‘benefited in 2021 from an acquittal for being criminally incapable for acts of the same nature as those with which he is charged today, due to his psychiatric disorders’.
The young man is being tried because, according to the magistrate, he ‘made death threats or threats of dangerous actions against property against officers of the Saint-Chamond police station and carried a category D weapon, in this case a knife, outside his residence without a legitimate reason’, among other offences.
‘The investigation revealed that he had posted a video on the internet in early January in which he presented himself as a terrorist, surrounded by Kalashnikov weapons and rocket launchers, and in which he named people of Jewish faith as targets’, the same source said.
In particular, ‘at the weekend, the man displayed black flags with inscriptions that resembled the imagery of the so-called Daech organisation’. This behaviour had ‘worried’ the PCF mayor of Rive-de-Gier, Vincent Bony, where the suspect lived. (…)
According to a source close to the case, the Algerian-born suspect, who was listed in the file of dangerous persons (Fichier des signalement pour la prévention de la radicalisation à caractère terroriste, FSPRT) for similar actions in the past, was the subject of a measure in October 2022 to freeze the assets of persons who ‘commit, attempt to commit, support or finance terrorist acts’. (…) Le Parisien
In addition, last weekend he had displayed black flags with similar inscriptions to the pictures of the Daesh organisation and had marked his vehicle with the inscription ‘RAKKA’. (…)
The person in question is known to the judiciary as he has already been convicted ten times, mainly for traffic offences and once for failing to comply with a measure for the administrative control and surveillance of persons (MICAS – Mesure individuelle de contrôle administratif et de surveillance). (…) Le Progrès