A man arrested at the beginning of the week, suspected of leading an ultra-right group called “Patriotic Vengeance”, was indicted on Friday, December 17 and remanded in custody.
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Lucas S., a member of the ultra-right, was indicted Friday evening and remanded in custody for “provocation by means of online communication to an act of terrorism”, “public apology for acts of terrorism” and ” unauthorized possession of weapons and category B ammunition on repeat, Franceinfo learned from a judicial source, confirming AFP information.
He is suspected of being the leader of the ultra-right group called “Patriotic Vengeance” and was arrested earlier this week and then taken into police custody. The National Antiterrorist Prosecutor’s Office opened a criminal investigation for “terrorist association” (AMT), following the opening of a preliminary investigation in April, according to this judicial source. However, so far, the investigation has not established that a violent action plan was planned.
On a video on Youtube, the group presents itself as “a sporting and cultural community open to any French patriot throughout the world” which is neither “a militia nor a violent criminal organization”, which does “not make an apology nor incitement to commit violent acts “but follows” a survivalist attitude awaiting the inevitable collapse of the system “. The group targets in particular “leftists” and “migrants” in this video presentation.
On its website, it offers courses in MMA, mixed martial arts, learning to handle a knife, wearing armor, to “prepare physically” for this “inevitable collapse”.