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“We knew of the existence of the Clain brothers”, acknowledged Wednesday (November 17th) the former Minister of the Interior, Bernard Cazeneuve, at the trial of the 2015 attacks. The two French brothers had claimed responsibility for the attacks on behalf of the Islamic State . Who were they? A team from France 2 returned to Raqqa (Syria), where they were living.
They are the veterans of the French jihad, the voice of Daesh. Jean-Michel and Fabien Clain claimed responsibility for the Paris attacks in November 2015 from Raqqa, the capital of the jihadists in Syria. Between 2014 and 2016, the brothers lived there with their families. The inhabitants have not forgotten their faces, but few dare to speak about them, for fear of reprisals. Arrived in 2015 after his brother, Fabien Clain had his habits in a fast food restaurant. He inspired fear with other strangers. “They were dressed as soldiers and were armed to the teeth“, explains the manager of the restaurant.
On the ruins of a building destroyed by an explosion, just next to Daesh’s HQ, two men who worked with the Clains in 2015 said: “They had a lot of information material and money. “For the police officers who testified at the trial, the brothers played a key role in the cell in charge of the attacks. After the events of November 2015, they became the most wanted French people. Driven from Raqqa by the international coalition, the brothers took refuge with the most diehard jihadists, in their last Syrian stronghold, Baghouz. In March 2019, they were targeted by strikes, the Islamic State declared them dead. Mylène Foucre, widow of Fabien Clain, continues to deny the involvement of her husband and challenges her lawsuit. “He is dead. I don’t see how that would relieve families whether it takes 10 or 50 years. “For French justice, no doubt, the brothers were aware of the attacks in Paris. They are judged by default, their death not having been formally proven.