the investigation in question at trial

“The current director of the intelligence service in question is being questioned at this very moment at the bar, as a witness, and this at the request of the families of the victims”explains the journalist Éric Pelletier, present at the special assize court in Paris. Families who want to understand if this attack against Father Hamel could have been foiled.

“Before the attack, French intelligence had identified one of the future attackers, who posted fairly explicit messages on social networks (…), but he had not been arrested”continues the journalist. The director of the intelligence service defends her troops. Five investigators from his department had been invited to come and testify, but they had declined this invitation. Three of them will ultimately be interviewed remotely, anonymously.