In France, a man who recently converted to Islam threatens to “blow himself up” using an explosive belt against his wife: “Allah has told me to do it”

It is 1.20 a.m. on this July 14 when one mother receives a video call from the man she recently separated from after 25 years together having four children. The man, who is still her husband, threatens to come to the small party she is having next Saturday with an explosive belt and “blow himself up”.

“Allah told me to do it,” justifies the 40-year-old, who is said to have recently converted to Islam. The next day, the wife filed a complaint with the police in Beaurepaire. She had already filed a first complaint at the end of May. On the evening of the party, her husband, who now lives with his cousin in Saint-Priest, did come to Saint-Barthélemy and sneaked around her house, which is now for sale. But he does not carry out his threat. Armed with an axe, he “contented” himself with smashing a tile that still had their names on it. On Wednesday July 20, he was brought before the court in Vienne, where he was immediately charged.

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As he planned to return to his home country of Portugal, the 40-year-old was given 14 months probation for two years, with an obligation to pay maintenance and a ban on contacting the woman, soon to be his ex-wife, and on staying in Isère. The court also ordered the fitting of an electronic tag to protect the victim. Le Dauphiné

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