A 28-year-old man was sentenced Friday night to three years imprisonment, including a simple suspended sentence, by the Criminal Court Chambéry, for apology and individual preparation for the commission of an act of terrorism.
"Tell all Chambéry that I am not afraid of death, death is beautiful, I look forward to it." Naïm K., Chambérien so far without a criminal record, had sent this SMS to contacts in June 2018, also asking them to erase his number. "Tomorrow you will be proud of me, if anyone looks after me, say nothing at all," he added to one of them.
"I was not good," said the young athletic man from the box of defendants. Appearing for individual preparation for the commission of an act of terrorism, public apology for an act of terrorism, possession and acquisition of Category B weapons and ammunition, this sports educator has tried to provide an answer to each disturbing element . His trip to Toulouse first, from Pau, towards Chambery. In the pink city, in 2017, he stops rue Sergent-Vigné, where Mohamed Merah was neutralized in 2012. He takes a picture, kept in his phone. On Snapchat, he adds two emoticons, a heart and a bicep, as well as the mention "Moha, God forgive him, the true men".
A fascination for Mohamed Merah
He tells the audience "at that time, I read books on this story", as on other news items. He had "wanted to go see". The phrase added on the photo? "Of the provocation." On Facebook, for a while, he uses the name of Abu Yusuf, the war name of Merah: "pure coincidence," he says. The black hat with black and white fringes identical to that of the "scooter killer"? He had bought it "to laugh, to make zouave". In her phone, Naïm K. also has a picture of Abri Essid, half-brother of Mohamed Merah. In his computer, an article of Liberation on the negotiations of the Raid with Merah. At home, there are several books on Merah, Islam, banditry, as well as a weapon, ammunition and a Japanese sword.
"It is this accumulation of things that has caused you to raise many concerns," said court president Aude Favoulet, recalling that the investigation began with the alert of an anonymous informant. He argues "too full", when he had no job and was in full separation from his wife. In early 2018, he briefly saw a psychologist, says his defender Archibald Celeyron. "I regret and condemn the acts of Mohamed Merah, they have nothing to do with Islam (...) .I have never intended to harm anyone," said Naim K .
The profile of the "lone wolf"
He had attended the funeral of Ahmed Merabet, a policeman killed by the Kouachi brothers in January 2015, who was a distant cousin of his father. For Chambéry Vice-Prosecutor Mélanie Callec, Naïm K. has the profile of the "lone wolf". "It is certainly inserted, but extremely fragile." She required five years of imprisonment. The court also sentenced the other man, aged 32, who had provided him with the weapon, to twelve months 'imprisonment, including six months' suspended sentence.