the trial of the four defendants begins

Four men are accused by the courts of having been informed of the project of the two murderers of Father Hamel, in July 2016. This is Jean-Philippe Jean Louis, 25, who had gone to Turkey with the project of join Syria, by Farid Khelil, 36, cousin of an assailant and presented as fascinated by jihadist speeches, then by Yassine Sabaihia, 27, who had briefly joined the group in Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray (Seine- Maritime).

All three are dismissed for association with terrorist criminals, they will appear in the box of the special assize court of Paris, Monday, February 14. Absent from this trial, Rachid Kassim, presumed dead in a bombing in Iraq five years ago. This French propagandist from the ranks of the Islamic State group is the only one to be indicted for complicity in the assassination of Father Hamel and for having facilitated the action of the two terrorists.