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According to our information, a “North African” individual, Norredine A., was arrested on Tuesday January 25 by the BAC in the Basilica of Notre-Dame de la Trinité in Blois and placed in police custody. It was 4:45 p.m. when the latter entered the sanctuary. Alerted by the suspicious behavior of this man dressed in a djellaba, an employee of the basilica did not fail to watch him in his comings and goings. After this man had asked a volunteer if he was the priest, he took his place in the choir, which was reserved for the clergy. Soon asked to leave the premises, the individual, mute, left the basilica before returning a few minutes later.
Standing in the middle of the nave, his body turned towards Mecca, according to the testimonies that we were able to collect, the individual began to pray. “He really seemed in a daze… Like the one described by those who met the Bataclan killers before they committed their carnage,” specifies one of our sources. It was enough for the police to be notified and intervene. In less than five minutes, a BAC patrol was on the scene and arrested the individual, who offered no resistance. A devotee of the sanctuary told the police that she had already met him in the basilica the day before.
In the course of the search of the person, a Quran and a long kitchen knife were found still attached to his belt. He was taken into police custody and his flat was searched. The man was unknown to the French security agency SDAT and the DGSI and was not registered as an Islamist “S.” However, he was known for other offences. A lone wolf? The man claimed to be “Prince of Jerusalem.” “Another madman!” said a source familiar with the investigation.
Still, this is not the first time that the Basilica of Our Lady of the Trinity in Blois has been targeted. And more particularly its rector, Father Vincent, absent at the time of the events, confided to us “his concern” over the telephone. The latter has already been forced to file a complaint in recent months after receiving explicit threats on his phone.
So what happened on Tuesday afternoon in the Notre-Dame de la Trinité basilica in Blois? Was a jihadist knife attack miraculously foiled? According to our information, the Blois prosecutor asked the police station to process him for simply carrying weapons without informing the judicial police. At this stage, the National Anti-Terrorist Prosecutor’s Office (PNAT) has still not taken up this case.
According to our information, a “North African” individual, Norredine A., was arrested on Tuesday January 25 by the BAC in the Basilica of Notre-Dame de la Trinité in Blois and placed in police custody. It was 4:45 p.m. when the latter entered the sanctuary. Alerted by the suspicious behavior of this man dressed in a djellaba, an employee of the basilica did not fail to watch him in his comings and goings. After this man had asked a volunteer if he was the priest, he took his place in the choir, which was reserved for the clergy. Soon asked to leave the premises, the individual, mute, left the basilica before returning a few minutes later.
Standing in the middle of the nave, his body turned towards Mecca, according to the testimonies that we were able to collect, the individual began to pray. “He really seemed in a daze… Like the one described by those who met the Bataclan killers before they committed their carnage,” specifies one of our sources. It was enough for the police to be notified and intervene. In less than five minutes, a BAC patrol was on the scene and arrested the individual, who offered no resistance. A devotee of the sanctuary told the police that she had already met him in the basilica the day before.
In the course of the search of the person, a Quran and a long kitchen knife were found still attached to his belt. He was taken into police custody and his flat was searched. The man was unknown to the French security agency SDAT and the DGSI and was not registered as an Islamist “S.” However, he was known for other offences. A lone wolf? The man claimed to be “Prince of Jerusalem.” “Another madman!” said a source familiar with the investigation.
Still, this is not the first time that the Basilica of Our Lady of the Trinity in Blois has been targeted. And more particularly its rector, Father Vincent, absent at the time of the events, confided to us “his concern” over the telephone. The latter has already been forced to file a complaint in recent months after receiving explicit threats on his phone.
So what happened on Tuesday afternoon in the Notre-Dame de la Trinité basilica in Blois? Was a jihadist knife attack miraculously foiled? According to our information, the Blois prosecutor asked the police station to process him for simply carrying weapons without informing the judicial police. At this stage, the National Anti-Terrorist Prosecutor’s Office (PNAT) has still not taken up this case.
