Targeted by critics, Interior Minister Christophe Castaner spoke of "dysfunctions" in the detection of the radicalization of Mikaël Harpon. Questioned Tuesday afternoon by the Committee on the Laws of the Assembly, he gave an example of these "dysfunctions".
"When we do an empowerment (to access the secret defense), we do the environment, so we make the family, so we make the spouse.The author was married in 2014, and this did not trigger new control, "said the minister. The author, who had been working at the Prefecture of Police Intelligence Directorate (DRPP) since 2003 and had a defense clearance, killed four police officers on Thursday inside the PP compound.
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"It was not unknown, but from what we know, there was no control, would it have changed something, I do not know, but it's a dysfunction among those we can note as I speak, "he added. He also returned to the "potential informal report in July 2015, a few months after a comment by the assailant on the Charlie Hebdo bombing", who reportedly said "it's done well" to two colleagues.
"It seems from the information that the Director of Intelligence of the Prefecture of Police tells me that this testimony has not been formalized and has not reached the proper hierarchical level. (...) is the case, it is a serious dysfunction, it is a serious flaw, "he said:" The information has not taken the step that triggered what should have been triggered. "
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"About forty radicalized individuals within the police"
Asked about the question of radicalization within the police, he mentioned "about forty individuals radicalized within the police, and followed by a specific cell within the DGPN". "For all cases where the risk of radicalization has been sufficiently characterized, these agents have been dismissed," he said. "Half are gone." There are 19 or 20 cases that are followed closely, on which signals are weak signals that do not characterize any criminal anomaly but are the subject of special attention, "he added.