40% of successful attacks since 2012 have targeted security forces, a French singularity. Ten attacks out of the 25 that French territory has experienced since 2012, targeted internal security forces.
A singularity on the European continent that France also shares with Belgium. The trial of the Colombes terrorist opens before the Paris Special Assize Court this Monday, a national day of tribute to the victims of terrorism. “The police represent the armed wing of the state and the military embody the supposed oppression of Muslims on a global scale,” explains an intelligence source.