Almost 20 years to the day after the attack in Karachi (Pakistan), the survivors and the families of the victims are received, this Friday, April 22 at 2 p.m., at the Paris judicial court. The objective of Judge David de Pas: to update on the security component of the investigation. On May 8, 2002, 11 employees of the Direction des constructions navales (DCN, now Naval Group) were killed, 12 others seriously injured, in the explosion of the bus taking them to the base on which French submarines sold in Pakistan.
Incomprehensible that we are still there – Gilles Sanson, survivor of the attack
“The meeting will last an hour, an hour and a half“, explains to France Bleu Cotentin one of the lawyers of the civil parties. “We, awaiting indictments“, launches Gilles Sanson, one of the survivors. “There are extremely serious elements in this case.“Beginning, according to him, with the decisions of the”who was in charge of security in Karachi, already condemned for security breaches within DCN. He should never have been in this type of position.”
A first for almost 7 years
Gilles Sanson adds: “It is incomprehensible that we are still there, given the elements that are in the investigation file. We expect a lot from this meeting.“
“I no longer expect anything from justice, I do not want to talk about it anymore“, declares for his part another survivor of the attack.This judge invites us seven years after the departure of Mr. Trévidic, I think it’s making fun of people.“Marc Trévidic left the anti-terrorism department of the Paris tribunal de grande instance in 2015. At issue: a law limiting the functions of a specialized judge to ten years.