seven members of the ultra-left will be tried in correctional in Paris from October 3 to 27

Seven members of the ultra-left, six men and one woman aged 33 to 39 will be tried in correctional courts in Paris from October 3 to 27, 2023, for “terrorist conspiracy“, learned Tuesday July 11 franceinfo from the national anti-terrorism prosecution (Pnat).
The seven people will be tried before the 16th correctional chamber. They had been arrested in December 2020 in various places in the territory, such as Rennes, Dordogne or even in the Paris region, then indicted on this charge. They are accused of their participation in a group “intended to commit violent actions with a view to destabilizing institutions through intimidation or terror“, detailed the prosecution.

Among the defendants, an activist suspected of having trained others in the use of weapons

Three of the defendants will also be tried for “refusal to submit a secret convention for deciphering a means of cryptology”, that is to say their mobile phone codes. Five of them had been remanded in custody. None are detained to date. They will appear free.

Among those tried in November, an activist, Florian D., is suspected of having trained the six others in the manufacture of explosives and the use of weapons. He is an autonomous anarchist militant who returned from Syria, where he had fought for almost 10 months against the Islamic State alongside the Kurds of Rojava, a Kurdish enclave in Syria. Since his return in January 2018, the DGSI had been monitoring this man.

In his truck, the police had found something to make an explosive device: TATP explosive product, steel balls, but also a sawed-off shotgun, a revolver, a knife and ammunition.
During the searches carried out by the DGSI (General Directorate of Internal Security), CRS equipment was also found at the home of one of the suspects, such as leggings, a helmet, a police shield.