According to the Minister of the Interior, 237 reports on the Pharos online platform have been transmitted to the courts since the Hamas attacks on Israeli territory.
The Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin, announced on Monday October 16 that “102 arrests directly linked to anti-Semitic acts or those promoting terrorism, including 27 foreigners” have taken place in France since the Hamas attacks against Israel on October 7. SAccording to the minister, 237 reports on the Pharos online platform were sent to the courts. Gérald Darmanin also added that “6,500 people, in 2022, are under intelligence technique” and “43 attacks have been foiled since 2017.”
“This morning again, the DGSI [Direction générale de la sécurité intérieure] carried out two arrests, one in the east of France, the other in the South-West.clarified Gérald Darmanin after a Security Council organized at the Elysée “to take stock of the terrorist threat”three days after the attack in a high school in Arras (Pas-de-Calais).
More than 20,000 people registered with the FSPRT
Of these two arrests, one arrested was placed in police custody after the discovery of a weapon and “propaganda elements” at his home, Franceinfo learned from a source close to the matter. The other arrested, who had already been sentenced for “provocation of an act of terrorism”, was taken into custody this morning for “online apology”, according to the same source. Investigations continue in both cases.
A parent of a student who allegedly threatened to decapitate a teacher was also arrested in front of the Sadi-Carnot school, in Pantin (Seine-Saint-Denis), France Télévisions learned on Monday from a source close to the matter. The individual, an Algerian known for acts of theft, carrying a bladed weapon, contempt and threats against a municipal police officer, was referred and his title will be withdrawn from him so that he can be expelled, said the same source.
Gérald Darmanin finally clarified that “20,120 people are registered with the FSPRT”, the file for processing reports for the prevention of terrorist radicalization. Of these more than 20,000 people, “there are 1,411 foreigners in an irregular situation”but “only 489 of them are on national territory”, he added. The others were expelled or were registered in the FSPRT “to prevent them from entering the national territory”.