Franck Elong Abe, 35, who was already serving several sentences in Arles prison, was remanded in custody.
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Yvan Colonna’s attacker was indicted on Sunday March 6 for “attempted assassination in connection with a terrorist enterprise” by investigating judges from the Paris court, a judicial source told franceinfo. Franck Elong Abe, 35, who was already serving several sentences in Arles prison, was remanded in custody as part of this judicial investigation also opened for “terrorist criminal association”.
Wednesday March 2, in the morning, Yvan Colonna, a 61-year-old prisoner in Arles prison (Bouches-du-Rhône), was the victim of a violent attack by a fellow prisonerFranck Elong Abé. Sentenced to life imprisonment for the assassination of the prefect of Corsica, Claude Erignac, in 1998, Yvan Colonna is still, Sunday, March 6, in a coma, confirmed the prosecutor.
“Once again, Islamist fanaticism is behind a terrorist crime in our country,” announced Jean-Francois Ricardpublic prosecutor at the head of the National Anti-Terrorist Prosecutor’s Office (Pnat), during a press conference, in Paris, Sunday March 6.