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A threat of an attack, radicalized profiles, and Act I of the yellow vests as a backdrop … The affair caused a stir right up to the top of the state. The Minister of the Interior, in person, Christophe Castaner, congratulated himself, in front of the cameras, for having avoided a bloodbath on the first day of the yellow vest protests, on November 17, 2018.
Two scheming brothers and a converted former soldier
Arrested a few days earlier, the plans of the four individuals, three of whom live in Saint-Etienne, were investigated, but the terrorist case gradually weakened. It is finally for a robbery project, against a backdrop of jihadist booty, that they will appear before the Paris Criminal Court, this Friday, January 22.
Who are the protagonists of Saint-Etienne? Two radicalized brothers, Kamel and Hilial A, and Rémi M. a 50-year-old converted father of four children. Ms. Léa Dordilly, lawyer for the youngest of the siblings, Hilial, 24, paints his portrait: “He broke up with the rest of his well-integrated family. He lets himself slip and lives between petty crimes, shenanigans and swindling. ”
Under the influence of his older brother, who has just been released from prison, the young man slips into radical Islam in a matter of months. While wiretapped, they speak of “the Islamic State”, rage against “disbelievers” and speak of “taking action”.
“It is not enough to have a radicalized profile to link everything to terrorism”
In their wake appears Rémi M., 54, a former soldier, whom he met on leaving the mosque: “He had a complicated life, experienced a phase of alcoholism. He converted about fifteen years ago and practices a rigorous Islam”, emphasizes his lawyer, Mr. Michaël Bendavid. It was he who sent the text “It will bleed on 17 [November]” which accelerated the anti-terrorist operation in Saint-Etienne (see box).
But instead of an attack, it was a project to rob a van or an ATM that they seemed to be preparing on the sidelines of the yellow vest protests. A plan that was still “in its infancy”, according to Ms. Dordilly, who also referred to an attempted purchase … in a toy store in Lyon: “It was for a dummy weapon. The seller got suspicious, so my client gave up. ”
But for the lawyer, like her colleagues in the defense, it is the notion of jihadist booty, “the ghanima”, attributed to this robbery project which raises questions in this file: “We could not hold against them the preparation of an attack then we say that the robbery was intended to finance a hypothetical future action. But just having a radicalized profile is not enough to link everything to terrorism.”
A threat of an attack, radicalized profiles, and Act I of the yellow vests as a backdrop … The affair caused a stir right up to the top of the state. The Minister of the Interior, in person, Christophe Castaner, congratulated himself, in front of the cameras, for having avoided a bloodbath on the first day of the yellow vest protests, on November 17, 2018.
Two scheming brothers and a converted former soldier
Arrested a few days earlier, the plans of the four individuals, three of whom live in Saint-Etienne, were investigated, but the terrorist case gradually weakened. It is finally for a robbery project, against a backdrop of jihadist booty, that they will appear before the Paris Criminal Court, this Friday, January 22.
Who are the protagonists of Saint-Etienne? Two radicalized brothers, Kamel and Hilial A, and Rémi M. a 50-year-old converted father of four children. Ms. Léa Dordilly, lawyer for the youngest of the siblings, Hilial, 24, paints his portrait: “He broke up with the rest of his well-integrated family. He lets himself slip and lives between petty crimes, shenanigans and swindling. ”
Under the influence of his older brother, who has just been released from prison, the young man slips into radical Islam in a matter of months. While wiretapped, they speak of “the Islamic State”, rage against “disbelievers” and speak of “taking action”.
“It is not enough to have a radicalized profile to link everything to terrorism”
In their wake appears Rémi M., 54, a former soldier, whom he met on leaving the mosque: “He had a complicated life, experienced a phase of alcoholism. He converted about fifteen years ago and practices a rigorous Islam”, emphasizes his lawyer, Mr. Michaël Bendavid. It was he who sent the text “It will bleed on 17 [November]” which accelerated the anti-terrorist operation in Saint-Etienne (see box).
But instead of an attack, it was a project to rob a van or an ATM that they seemed to be preparing on the sidelines of the yellow vest protests. A plan that was still “in its infancy”, according to Ms. Dordilly, who also referred to an attempted purchase … in a toy store in Lyon: “It was for a dummy weapon. The seller got suspicious, so my client gave up. ”
But for the lawyer, like her colleagues in the defense, it is the notion of jihadist booty, “the ghanima”, attributed to this robbery project which raises questions in this file: “We could not hold against them the preparation of an attack then we say that the robbery was intended to finance a hypothetical future action. But just having a radicalized profile is not enough to link everything to terrorism.”
