A 43-year-old man has been taken to the reception centre in Plaisir (Yvelines) to await deportation from France, it emerged on Friday. Police had arrested him on Wednesday at a hostel in Mantes-la-Jolie, where he was staying, after becoming aware of his worrying and ‘highly radicalised’ behaviour. They suspected him of glorifying terrorism.
According to police information, the 40-year-old had mentioned and endorsed the Islamist attacks on French soil several times since October. He is also said to have expressed his hatred of France and its people and complained about the administration, which was slow to respond to his application to extend his residence permit.
The suspect had entered the country in 2020 and had been in an irregular situation since August 2021 after being notified of an obligation to leave French territory (OQTF) issued by the prefecture of Nanterre (Hauts-de-Seine).
During the house search, the police discovered a fake identity card which, according to its owner, he had bought ‘for work in Barbès (in Paris, XVIII district) for 170 euros’. In front of the police officers, he called himself a ‘normal Muslim’, emphasised his ‘attachment to France’, stated that he did not understand the accused acts and thus rejected any glorification of terrorism. (…)
At the end of his police custody, the suspect was brought before the court in Versailles, which did not take any criminal action in the matter. However, the 43-year-old was handed over to the prefectural authorities for deportation.
Le Parisien / Mantes-la-Jolie (78) : un migrant raciste anti-Français arrêté dans un foyer après avoir salué les attentats islamistes frappant la France ; il est clandestin et sous OQTF – Fdesouche